Local Rule D.C.COLO.LAttyR 12: CONFIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC MATTERS

D.C.COLO.LAttyR 12 CONFIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC MATTERS

(a) Confidential Matters. Except as provided in this rule, all documents, deliberations, and proceedings of the Committee and the Panel shall be confidential and not available or open to the public.

(b) Public Matters. The public shall have access on the Court's website HERE to the following:

(1) orders for admission, reinstatement, readmission, relief from the rule of good standing, disability inactive status, censure, suspension, disbarment, and dismissal after a response has been filed; and

(2) charges submitted to the Panel, the answer of the respondent to the charges, and the hearings of the Panel on the charges.

(c) Disclosures. The Panel and the Committee have discretion to disclose information in the following circumstances:

(1) where disclosure is necessary to discharge the duties of the Panel or the Committee, or to otherwise protect the public, the administration of justice, or the legal profession;

(2) where the respondent has waived confidentiality;

(3) where disclosure is authorized under the Subpoena Regulations of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; or

(4) where disclosure is to a judicial officer of this court.

(d) Annual Report. The Committee shall submit to the court by January 10 of each year a report detailing the number of complaints and charges filed in the previous year, the violations charged and disposition of each complaint or charge considered, and an accounting of the receipt of funds by and expenses of the Committee along with any additional comments, requests, or suggestions the Committee deems appropriate.