IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                        ORDER NO.  1313   

                                   Amending Alaska Bar Rule 16
                                   concerning types of discipline
                                   and costs.

IT IS ORDERED:

     Paragraph (c) of Alaska Bar Rule 16 is amended to read:
     

               (c)  Restitution; Reimbursement; Costs.
When a finding of misconduct is made, in addition to any discipline
listed above, the Court or the Board may impose the following
requirements against the Respondent:
          
               (1)  restitution to aggrieved persons or
organizations;
          
               (2)  reimbursement of the Lawyers' Fund
for Client Protection; or
          
               (3)  payment of the costs, including
attorney's fees, of the proceedings or investigation or any parts
thereof. In imposing costs and fees, consideration shall be given
to the following factors:
          
               (A)  the complexity of the disciplinary
          matter;

               (B)  the duration of the case;
          
               (C)  the reasonableness of the number of
          hours expended by Bar Counsel and the
          reasonableness of the costs incurred; 
          
               (D)  the reasonableness of the number of
          Bar Counsel used;
          
               (E)  Bar Counsel's efforts to minimize
          fees;
          
               (F)  the reasonableness of the defenses
          raised by the Respondent;
          
               (G) vexatious or bad faith conduct by the
          Respondent;
          
               (H) the relationship between the amount
          of work performed by Bar Counsel and the
          significance of the matters at stake;
          
               (I)  the financial ability of the
          Respondent to pay attorney's fees; and
          
               (J) the existence of other equitable
          factors deemed relevant. 
          
DATED:         February 12, 1998   

EFFECTIVE DATE:     July 15, 1998    



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                                   Chief Justice Matthews


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                                   Justice Compton


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                                   Justice Eastaugh


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                                   Justice Fabe
     

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                                   Justice Bryner