Any person who is a member of the bar of the highest court of any state or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, while representing the United States of America, the government of Guam, or any agency, instrumentality, officer or employee thereof, in the course of his or her official duties, may practice before the courts of Guam without being admitted to practice pursuant to either §28002 or §28002.1; provided, however, that the authority to practice without admission to the Bar of Guam shall lapse as to any person who has not taken the Guam Bar COL070307
Examination within two (2) years from the commencement of his or her employment with the government or who has not been admitted to the Bar of Guam within three (3) years of the commencement of his or her employment with the government. The two-(2-) and three-(3-) year periods specified in this section shall run from the effective date of this section for persons in the employ of the government on such effective date. SOURCE: Section 8 of P.L. 21-147 (Supreme Court). Effective May 1, 1993. Formerly numbered Appendix A 7 GCA § 9114A, renumbered by Compiler to § 9A114A. NOTE: Must be cross-referenced with the current Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Rules and/or the current Rules for the Discipline of Attorneys to determine whether it was repealed. See COMMENT above. COMMENT: Section 8 is new. Technically, Section 8, by the terms of 7 GCA § 9A103 and § 9A104, will be repealed at such time as the Supreme Court adopts its own rules to govern the Bar of Guam and attorneys admitted to that Bar. This is because the Chapter of the government code, of which Section 8 is a part, is repealed completely by 7 GCA § 9A103, located in Section 2 of this same Act. NOTE: While the Legislature made reference to §28002 and §28002.1, these sections have been repealed. Current law dealing with the admission of attorneys generally and to government attorneys in general are now found at § 9A113 and § 9A114, respectively. As written, no such sections now exist. Even under the most recent government code amendments, they did not exist.