Procedure for censure, suspension, or disbarment

§ 11–2105. Procedure for censure, suspension, or disbarmentA member of the bar may not be censured, suspended, nor expelled as provided by section 11–2102 or 11–2104, until written charges, under oath, against him have been presented to the court, stating distinctly I he grounds of complaint. The court may order the charges to be filed in the office of the clerk of the court and shall fix a time for hearing thereon. Thereupon a certified copy of the charges and order shall be served upon the member personally by the United States marshal or such other person as the court designates, or if it is established to the satisfaction of the court that personal service can not be had, a certified copy of the charges and order shall be served upon him by mail, publication, or otherwise as the court directs. After the filing of the written charges the court may suspend the person charged from practice at its bar pending the trial thereof.