§ 89.56. Assignment for hearing.
(a) General rule. Enforcement Rule 208(b)(4) provides that following service of the answer, if there are any issues raised by the pleadings or if the respondent-attorney requests the opportunity to be heard in mitigation, the matter shall be assigned to a hearing committee or a special master. The Executive Office shall transmit copies of the file of the Board by means of Form DB-9 (Reference for Disciplinary Hearing) to the members of the hearing committee appointed to hear the matter or a special master in the appropriate disciplinary district not later than five days after the date on which the answer of the respondent-attorney is due under § 89.54(a) (relating to answer).
(b) Composition of committee. The Board Prothonotary shall appoint the members of the hearing committee to which the matter is assigned as provided by § 93.81(c) (relating to hearing committees). As provided by § 93.86 (relating to disqualification of reviewing member to sit on hearing in same matter), the hearing committee shall not include the hearing committee member who passed upon Disciplinary Counsel’s recommended disposition of the matter. The Board Prothonotary shall also designate which member of the hearing committee will conduct the prehearing conference.
Source The provisions of this § 89.56 amended January 26, 1990, effective January 27, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 343; amended April 13, 1990, effective April 14, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 2009; amended March 11, 2005, effective March 12, 2005, 35 Pa.B. 1656; amended September 27, 2019, effective 30 days after publication, 49 Pa.B. 5552. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (363149).
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