I practice in another jurisdiction, so I allowed my Pennsylvania law license to be placed on inactive status about 12 years ago. I recently saw that I am listed as administratively suspended. I don’t understand how inactive status went to a suspension. Could you explain?
A number of lawyers are upset with the new terminology that was set forth in the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement changing inactive status to an administrative suspension. This change apparently was to give some uniformity, but whoever made the change wasn’t a practicing lawyer or had not practiced for some time because the change does not appreciate the negative connotations set forth with the words “administrative suspension.” These changes were made, I believe, in 2012. (See Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement 217, 218, 219.) Under Rule 219 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement, there is still the category of inactive status. But when one is placed on inactive status, then they are treated as being on administrative suspension.
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