Pennsylvania Code
Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part V - PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT
Subpart C - DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Chapter 85 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 85.3 - Jurisdiction
Universal Citation: 204 PA Code ยง 85.3
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) General rule. Enforcement Rule 201(a) provides that the exclusive disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Board under the Enforcement Rules extends to:
(1) Any attorney admitted to
practice law in this Commonwealth.
(2) Any attorney of another jurisdiction
specially admitted by a court of this Commonwealth for a particular
proceeding.
(3) Any formerly
admitted attorney, with respect to acts prior to suspension, disbarment,
temporary suspension, administrative suspension, permanent resignation, or
transfer to or assumption of retired, inactive or disability inactive status,
or with respect to acts subsequent thereto which amount to the practice of law
or constitute the violation of the Disciplinary Rules, the Enforcement Rules or
these rules.
(4) Any attorney who
is a justice, judge or magisterial district judge, with respect to acts prior
to taking office as a justice, judge or magisterial district judge, if the
Judicial Conduct Board declines jurisdiction with respect to such
acts.
(5) Any attorney who resumes
the practice of law, with respect to nonjudicial acts while in office as a
justice, judge or magisterial district judge.
(6) Any attorney not admitted in this
Commonwealth who practices law or renders or offers to render any legal service
in this Commonwealth.
(b) Exceptions. Enforcement Rule 201(b) provides that nothing contained in the Enforcement Rules shall be construed to deny to any other court such powers as are necessary for that court to maintain control over proceedings conducted before it, such as the power of contempt, nor to prohibit bar associations from censuring, suspending or expelling their members from membership in the association.
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