Local Rule LOCAL RULE 2090-2: ATTORNEYS - DISCIPLINE & DISBARMENT
Bankr. M.D.N.C. — Attorney rule
LOCAL RULE 2090-2 ATTORNEYS - DISCIPLINE & DISBARMENT
(a) Standards of Conduct.
The court adopts the Rules of Professional Conduct of the North Carolina State Bar, as adopted by the Supreme Court of North Carolina and amended from time to time, except as otherwise provided by a specific rule of the court. Acts or omissions by an attorney practicing before the court that violate these rules of professional conduct constitute misconduct and will be grounds for discipline, whether or not they occurred in the course of an attorney-client relationship.
(b) Disciplinary Enforcement.
After notice and an opportunity for hearing, any attorney practicing before the court may be suspended from practice, reprimanded, subjected to monetary sanctions, or subjected to such other disciplinary action as the circumstances may warrant for misconduct as defined in these rules.
(c) Duty to Inform the Clerk.
Any attorney practicing before the court must promptly inform the clerk upon being subjected to public discipline by any court or by the state bar of any state.