Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

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attorney disciplinary authority regulatory agency

The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the body responsible for investigating and adjudicating attorney misconduct and enforcing ethical standards for lawyers licensed in Pennsylvania.

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Surface form Occurrences
Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Pennsylvania 1
Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf attorney disciplinary authority ⓘ
regulatory agency ⓘ
activity conducting investigations of attorney conduct ⓘ
holding disciplinary hearings ⓘ
receiving complaints against attorneys ⓘ
recommending sanctions to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board
appliesTo members of the Pennsylvania bar ⓘ
canImpose private reprimand recommendations ⓘ
public reprimand recommendations ⓘ
canRecommend disbarment of attorneys ⓘ
suspension of attorneys ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enforces Model Code of Professional Responsibility ⓘ
surface form: Code of professional responsibility for Pennsylvania lawyers

Rules of Professional Conduct of Pennsylvania ⓘ
establishedBy Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rules ⓘ
governmentLevel state ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver attorney misconduct proceedings in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasFunction discipline of members of the Pennsylvania bar ⓘ
regulation of legal profession in Pennsylvania ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pennsylvania ⓘ
jurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalDomain attorney discipline ⓘ
legal ethics ⓘ
professional responsibility ⓘ
location Pennsylvania ⓘ
monitorsComplianceWith Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement ⓘ
oversees attorney disciplinary system in Pennsylvania ⓘ
parentOrganization Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
purpose to adjudicate attorney disciplinary matters ⓘ
to enforce ethical standards for lawyers ⓘ
to investigate attorney misconduct ⓘ
to protect the public from unethical legal practice ⓘ
regulates Pennsylvania attorneys ⓘ
lawyers licensed in Pennsylvania ⓘ
relatedTo Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Pennsylvania
sector judicial branch ⓘ
subjectOf attorney discipline rules and procedures in Pennsylvania ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
typeOfSanctionsHandled disbarment ⓘ
private reprimand ⓘ
public censure ⓘ
suspension ⓘ
website https://www.padisciplinaryboard.org/ ⓘ

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Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → alsoKnownAs → Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board
Pennsylvania courts → hasProfessionalRegulationBody → Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → relatedTo → Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Pennsylvania