PA · rules
Pa. Disciplinary Bd. R. 87.2
Manner of filing, form and contents of complaint
•
Any person who alleges misconduct against an attorney may file a complaint, which may be in either paper or electronic form.
•
A written complaint may be in the form of a letter or other appropriate writing, or submitted on an official complaint form (Form DB-2). Complaints in paper form may be filed by mail, facsimile transmission, or delivery in person to the location identified in § 85.5(a) (relating to location of the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel) or one of the locations identified in § 85.5(b) (relating to the locations of the Disciplinary District Offices).
•
The filing of complaints electronically shall be conducted only through electronic means approved by the Board. Instructions for electronic filing and protocols shall be available on the Disciplinary Board’s website.
•
A complaint shall be signed by the complainant and shall contain a statement of the facts upon which the complaint is based. Submission of a complaint through electronic means signifies intent to sign. Verification of the complaint shall not be required. If necessary the Office of Disciplinary Counsel will assist the complainant in reducing the grievance to writing.
Provenance
- Source
- www.padisciplinaryboard.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
268185901ab8e4d339c5445ac4219020a050307883a7f6e6a0e9e447dbae466e
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.