Local Rule Rule 83.7d: Standards for Professional Conduct

Rule 83.7d Standards for Professional Conduct

(a) Form of Discipline.

For misconduct defined in these local rules and for good cause shown, and after notice and opportunity to be heard, any attorney admitted to practice before this court may be disbarred, suspended from practice before this court, reprimanded, or subjected to such other disciplinary action as the circumstances may warrant.

(b) Grounds for Discipline.

Acts or omissions by an attorney admitted to practice before this court, individually or in concert with any other person or persons, that violate the Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by this court shall constitute misconduct and shall be grounds for discipline, whether or not the act or omission occurred in the course of an attorney-client relationship. The Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by this court are the North Carolina State Bar Revised Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, except as may be otherwise provided by specific rule of this court.