Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 85.7 - Grounds for discipline(a) Enforcement Rule 203(a) provides that acts or omissions by a person subject to the Enforcement Rules, individually or in concert with any other person or persons, which violate the Disciplinary Rules shall constitute misconduct and shall be grounds for discipline, whether or not the act or omission occurred in the course of an attorney-client relationship.(b) Enforcement Rule 203(b) provides that the following shall also be grounds for discipline: (1) Conviction of a crime.(2) Wilful failure to appear before the Supreme Court, the Board or Disciplinary Counsel for censure, public or private reprimand, or informal admonition.(3) Wilful violation of any other provision of the Enforcement Rules.(4) Failure by a respondent-attorney without good cause to comply with any order under the Enforcement Rules of the Supreme Court, the Board, a hearing committee or special master.(5) Ceasing to meet the requirements for licensure as a foreign legal consultant set forth in Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rule 341 (a)(1) or (3) (relating to licensing of foreign legal consultants).(6) Making a material misrepresentation of fact or deliberately failing to disclose a material fact in connection with an application submitted under the Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rules.(7) Failure by a respondent-attorney without good cause to respond to Disciplinary Counsel's request (Form DB-7) or supplemental request (Form DB-7A) under § 87.7(b) of these rules for a statement of the respondent-attorney's position.(c) Enforcement Rule 203(c) provides that the Board, its hearing committees, special masters and (when administering informal admonitions) Disciplinary Counsel are "tribunals" within the meaning of the Disciplinary Rules.The provisions of this §85.7 amended December 7, 1990, effective 12/8/1990, 20 Pa.B. 6041; amended February 20, 2004, effective 2/21/2004, 34 Pa.B. 948; amended August 5, 2005, effective 9/1/2005, 35 Pa.B. 4301; amended December 1, 2006, effective immediately, 36 Pa.B. 7233; amended August 6, 2011, effective immediately, 41 Pa. Code 4202; amended August 11, 2012, effective immediately, 42 Pa.B. 5156.