Local Rule LR 83.10e: STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

LR 83.10e STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

(a) Disciplinary Enforcement. For misconduct defined in these rules, and after notice of an opportunity to be heard, any attorney practicing before this Court may be disbarred, suspended from practice, reprimanded, or subjected to such other disciplinary action as the circumstances may warrant.

(b) Standards for Conduct. Acts or omissions by an attorney practicing before this Court which violate the Code of Professional Responsibility 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 Code of Professional Responsibility adopted by this Court is the Code of Professional Responsibility adopted by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, as amended from time to time by that state court, except as otherwise provided by a specific rule of this Court.