Composition of disciplinary agencies; employment of complaint counsel and other employees.

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-305
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The composition of the aforesaid disciplinary agencies shall be as follows: Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners of the Mississippi Bar is provided for in Section 73-3-107, Mississippi Code of 1972. The board shall have the authority to employ and compensate a competent person to serve as complaint counsel, who shall be a member of the bar of this state and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board, either in a full-time or part-time capacity. In addition, the board shall have the authority to employ and compensate such assistants to and staff for the complaint counsel and to employ and compensate such other persons as the board may from time to time deem necessary or advisable to effect the disciplinary procedures set forth herein. Committee on complaints. The committee on complaints shall be appointed by the President of the Mississippi Bar in the manner provided in its bylaws, but said committee shall consist of at least one (1) member from each of the Supreme Court districts of the state. The chairman and vice chairman of the committee shall be designated by the President of the Mississippi Bar. Complaint tribunals. Complaint tribunals for each of the Supreme Court districts of the state, consisting of three (3) members who are members of the bar of this state, shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to serve on a calendar year basis.

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