R.I. Sup. Ct. R. Art. III, R. 16

(a) No attorney suspended or disbarred may resume

practice until reinstated by order of this Court as provided in this rule.

(b) A person who has been disbarred after hearing or by consent may not apply

for reinstatement until the expiration of at least five years from the effective date of

the disbarment.

(c) Petitions for reinstatement by disbarred or suspended attorneys shall be filed

with this Court and served upon Counsel at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of

hearing. Petitions for reinstatement shall include a five hundred ($500) dollar

filing fee payable to the Clerk of this Court. This Court shall promptly schedule a

hearing at which the respondent-attorney shall have the burden of demonstrating

by clear and convincing evidence that he or she has the moral qualifications,

competency and learning in law required for admission to practice law in this State

and that his or her resumption of the practice of law within the State will be neither

detrimental to the integrity and standing of the Bar or the administration of justice

nor subversive of the public interest. Respondent-attorney shall file a reinstatement

questionnaire with Counsel at the same time as the filing of the petition.

(d) No attorney who has been suspended for more than one (1) year or has been

disbarred shall be eligible for reinstatement unless he or she shall have successfully

passed the Multi-state Professional Responsibility Examination within one hundred

and twenty (120) days prior to his or her filing of the petition for reinstatement.

The attorney applying for reinstatement shall pay all expenses of the examination.

(e) This Court in its discretion may direct that the necessary expenses incurred

in the investigation and processing of a petition for reinstatement be paid by the

respondent-attorney.