Local Rule 2090-2: ATTORNEYS - DISCIPLINE AND DISBARMENT
Bankr. W.D.N.Y. — Attorney rule
2090-2. ATTORNEYS - DISCIPLINE AND DISBARMENT [Former Rule 4 A & B]
A. Any person admitted to bankruptcy practice in the Western District of New York may be disbarred from practice or otherwise disciplined after hearing, after such notice as the District or Bankruptcy Court may direct. Any member of the bar who has been disbarred in a state in which he or she was admitted to practice shall have his or her name stricken from the roll of attorneys or, if suspended from practice for a period at said bar, shall be suspended automatically for a like period from bankruptcy practice in the Western District of New York.
B. Discipline and/or suspension from practice specifically may be directed against any attorney who conducts himself or herself in a manner demonstrating inability to properly represent his or her clients' interests. [See "Malpractice in Bankruptcy - Observations from the Bench" in Commercial Law Journal (March 1985) pp. 95-100, Hon. Harold Lavien, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Mass.]