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Pa. Disciplinary Bd. R. 91.179
Effect of failure to produce required records
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Enforcement Rule 221(g)(3) provides that failure to produce Pa.R.P.C. 1.15 records in response to a request or demand for such records may result in the initiation of proceedings pursuant to Enforcement Rule 208(f)(1) or (f)(5) (relating to emergency temporary suspension orders and related relief), the latter of which specifically permits Disciplinary Counsel to commence a proceeding for the temporary suspension of a respondent-attorney who fails to maintain or produce Pa.R.P.C. 1.15 records after receipt of a request or demand authorized by subdivision (g) of Enforcement Rule 221 or any provision of these Rules; and that if at any time a hearing is held before the Board pursuant to Enforcement Rule 208(f) (or § 91.151 relating to emergency temporary suspension orders and related relief) as a result of a respondent-attorney’s alleged failure to maintain or produce Pa.R.P.C. 1.15 records, a lawyer-Member of the Board shall be designated to preside over the hearing.
Note: If Disciplinary Counsel files a petition for temporary suspension, the respondent-attorney will have an opportunity to raise at that time any claim of impropriety pertaining to the request or demand for records.
Provenance
- Source
- www.padisciplinaryboard.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
- Content hash
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