Local Rule LR Gen 209: BASIS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION
D.R.I. — Attorney rule
LR Gen 209 BASIS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION
(a) Conferred Jurisdiction. Any attorney allowed to practice before this Court shall be deemed to have conferred disciplinary jurisdiction upon this Court for any alleged attorney misconduct arising during the course of a case pending before this Court or the Bankruptcy Court in which that attorney has participated in any way.
(b) Forms of Discipline. When an attorney, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, has been found to have engaged in misconduct, the Court may:
(1) Disbar or suspend the attorney from practicing before this Court, if the attorney is a member of the bar of this Court; or
(2) Publicly or privately reprimand or censure the attorney; or
(3) Take such other disciplinary action against the attorney as the circumstances may warrant, including but not limited to the imposition of monetary sanctions.
The provisions of this subsection (b) shall not limit, in any way, the authority of an individual judge to impose any sanctions or take any other disciplinary action that is permissible and appropriate pursuant to the Local Rules or otherwise.
(c) Misconduct. Misconduct for which an attorney may be disciplined pursuant to LR Gen 209 may include:
(1) Violation of the Standards of Professional Conduct referred to in LR Gen 208;
(2) Intentional violation of these Local Rules or any order of this Court or the Bankruptcy Court;
(3) Failure to promptly provide the notifications required by LR Gen 203(b)(1)(B) and/or (C);
(4) Conduct which resulted in suspension, disbarment or any other disciplinary action taken against the attorney by any other court or disciplinary body having disciplinary authority over attorneys;
(5) Conviction of a crime; and/or
(6) A pattern or practice of violating §§526, 527, or 528 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Effective 12/1/18: §§(a)-(c) amended. Effective 12/1/15: §(a) amended, §§(c), (c)(2), (c)(4), and (c)(5) amended, and §(c)(6) added. Effective 12/1/11: Scrivener's error in §(c) fixed. §(c)(a)-(e) changed to (c)(1)-(5).