Order Extending Comment Period Wednesday, August 18, 1999

IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

ORDER

Supreme Court No. 990199

Proposed Amendments to Rule 8.4, North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct

On July 7, 1999, Notice of Comment regarding Proposed Amendments to Rule 8.4, North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct was disseminated under Section 7, N.D.R.Proc.R. According to the Notice of Comment, the comment period expires August 19, 1999. On August 13, 1999, James P. Fitzsimmons, Chair of the Joint Committee on Civil Legal Services to the Poor, requested that the comment period be extended to October 1, 1999, to allow the Joint Committee on Civil Legal Services to the Poor to review the proposed Amendments. The Court considered the matter, and

ORDERED, that any person wishing to comment on the proposed amendments may do so in writing by October 1, 1999. Address written comments to Penny Miller, Clerk of the Supreme Court, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 180, Bismarck, ND 58505-0530.

The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota convened August 18, 1999, with the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the Honorable William A. Neumann, the Honorable Mary Muehlen Maring, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, Justices, directing the Chief Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court to enter the above order. The Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, being unavoidably absent, did not participate in this decision.

Colette M. Bruggman
Chief Deputy Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court