(1) A judicial appointee may act self-represented in a matter involving the judicial appointee or the judicial appointee's interest and, if without compensation, may give legal advice to and draft or review documents for a member of the judicial appointee's family.

(2) To the extent not expressly prohibited by law or by the appointing authority and subject to other applicable provisions of this Code, a part-time judicial appointee who is an attorney may practice law, provided that:

(1) Application. Section (c) of this Rule applies to a newly appointed full-time judicial appointee, who (A) is leaving a law practice in order to accept the appointment and (B) is entitled by an agreement for the sale of the law practice or for the relinquishment of the judicial appointee's interest in the law practice to be compensated for the value of the ownership interest in the law practice or for fees for services rendered by the judicial appointee prior to the judicial appointee's appointment but not yet collected.

(2) Required Agreement Regarding Deferred Payments. If any compensation to which a judicial appointee may be entitled under subsection (c)(1) of this Rule is to be paid after the judicial appointee takes the oath of office or assumes official duties, the judicial appointee, before the earlier of taking the oath or assuming official duties, shall enter into an agreement with all prospective payors that (A) subject to subsection (c)(3) of this Rule, requires all deferred payments to be made in a reasonably prompt manner and within five years, and (B) sets a fixed schedule for such payments to be made.

(3) Alteration of Schedule. The agreement shall acknowledge that, upon a finding that due to legitimate and extenuating circumstances full payment cannot be completed within a five-year period without significant and unavoidable harm to a party to the agreement, the parties, with the written approval of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, may extend the time for full payment beyond five years for a reasonable period.

(4) Filing Copy of Agreement. The judicial appointee shall file a copy of the fully executed agreement and any amendment to it approved under subsection (c)(3) of this Rule with the State Court Administrator.

Committee note: Section (c) of this Rule does not appear in Rule 18-103.10, dealing with judges. A 2005 Administrative Order of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals contains a comparable provision pertaining to judges.