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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 23-1029

THE COURTS

Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

[204 PA. CODE CH. 83]

Amendment of Rule 102 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement; No. 236 Disciplinary Rules Docket

[53 Pa.B. 4405]
[Saturday, August 5, 2023]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 25th day of July, 2023, upon the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; the proposal having been submitted without publication in the interests of justice and efficient administration pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(a)(3),

 It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule 102 of the Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement is amended in the attached form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective immediately.

 Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined.

 Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and in brackets.

Annex A

TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

Subpart B. DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTER 83. PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT

Subchapter A. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Rule 102. Definitions.

 (a) General rule. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of these rules which are applicable to specific provisions of these rules, the following words and phrases when used in these rules shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this rule:

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 ''Experienced hearing committee member.''—An attorney who at the time is a member of the panel of hearing committee members in a disciplinary district and who has served on at least one hearing committee that has conducted a hearing into formal charges of misconduct by a respondent-attorney or a hearing on a petition for reinstatement from discipline by a petitioner-attorney.

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 ''Senior hearing committee member.''—An attorney who at the time is a member of the panel of hearing committee members in a disciplinary district and who has served either (i) as a member of the Board, or (ii) on at least two hearing committees that have conducted hearings into formal charges of misconduct by respondent-attorneys or hearings on petitions for reinstatement from discipline by petitioner-attorneys.

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-1029. Filed for public inspection August 4, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]


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