Announcing Ethics Committee's Existence

The Bar of Guam shall, at least three times a year, in a newspaper of general circulation available in public places in Guam, announce in a prominent manner the fact of its existence and purpose and where members of the pubic can seek information about the ethics duties of the Bar and the means by which the public may make a complaint against an attorney. SOURCE: GC § 28061. Formerly numbered Appendix A 7 GCA § 9212, renumbered by Compiler to § 9A212. 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Admission to the Practice of Rules and/or the current Rules for the Discipline of Attorneys to determine whether it was repealed.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: This section was inserted at the suggestion of a former Superior Court law clerk. The existence of an ethics committee of the Bar has been on-again, off- again. Therefore, it was felt that the public, who generally did not know where they could complain, or that they could complain outside of filing a suit, against attorneys, should be made aware of the Committee's role and where complaints could be received. The public notice requirement not only required publication in a "newspaper of general circulation", but in one that also was publicly available. On occasion, legal notices have been published in the Pacific Voice, the organ of the Catholic Church. While this paper is widely circulated, it is not avail-able to the public in the same manner as commercial papers such as the Pacific Daily News. There-fore, in order to gain the widest circulation, this additional requirement was added.