Matter of Chamley

This case involves the petition of Gene A. Chamley for readmission to the practice of law in South Dakota.

The events leading up to this petition began back on September 18, 1975, when Chamley, a practicing attorney in South Dakota since 1970, wrote a letter to the State Bar Association of South Dakota stating that he was resigning from the Bar. At the same time he tore up his certificate to practice law and sent parts of it to various individuals, including one identifiable portion to the Chief Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. This was at a time when there was an outstanding…