Rule 341. Licensing of Foreign Legal Consultants.

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(b) Application. An applicant under this rule shall file with the Board an application in 

the form prescribed by the Board, which shall be accompanied by:

(1) a certificate from the professional body or public authority in the foreign 

country having final jurisdiction over professional discipline, certifying as to the 

applicant’s admission to practice and the date thereof, and as to his or her good standing 

as such attorney or counselor at law or the equivalent;

(2) a letter of recommendation from one of the members of the executive body of 

such professional body or public authority or from one of the judges of the highest law 

court or court of original jurisdiction of the foreign country;

(3) a duly authenticated English translation of the certificate and the letter if, in 

either case, it is not in English; 

(4) a statement indicating his or her understanding of, and commitment to 

observe, the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Enforcement Rules to the extent 

applicable to the legal services authorized under Rule 342;

(5) appropriate evidence of professional liability insurance, in such amount as the 

Board may prescribe, to assure his or her proper professional conduct and responsibility;

(6) such other evidence as to the applicant’s educational and professional 

qualifications, good moral character and general fitness, and compliance with the 

requirements of Subdivision (a) of this Rule as the Board may require;

(7) a written statement agreeing to notify the [Secretary of the]Disciplinary 

Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of any change in the applicant’s good 

standing as a member of the foreign legal profession referred to in Subdivision (a)(1) of 

this Rule and of any final action of the professional body or public authority referred to in 

Subdivision (b)(1) of this Rule imposing any disciplinary censure, suspension, or other 

sanction upon such person; and

(8) a duly acknowledged instrument, in writing, setting forth his or her address in 

this Commonwealth and designating the [Secretary]Executive Director of the 

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court as his or her agent upon whom process may be 

served, with like effect as if served personally upon him or her, in any action or 

proceeding thereafter brought against him or her and arising out of or based upon any 

legal services rendered or offered to be rendered by him or her within or to residents of 

this Commonwealth, whenever after due diligence service cannot be made upon him or 

her at such address or at such new address in this Commonwealth as he or she shall have 

furnished in the last registration statement filed by him or her in accordance with 
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Enforcement Rule 219(d) (relating to periodic assessment of attorneys), or which has 

been filed in the Administrative Office by means of a duly acknowledged supplemental 

instrument in writing. 

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Rule 342. Practice by Foreign Legal Consultants

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(d) Service of Process. Service of process on the [Secretary]Executive Director of the 

Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pursuant to the designation filed 

under Rule 341(b)(8), shall be made by personally delivering to [and leaving with ]the 

[Secretary]Executive Director, or [with]a deputy or assistant authorized by him or her to 

receive such service, at his or her office, duplicate copies of such process together with a fee as 

set by the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court. Service of process shall be complete when 

the [Secretary]Executive Director of the Disciplinary Board has been so served. The 

[Secretary]Executive Director of the Disciplinary Board shall promptly send one of such 

copies to the foreign legal consultant to whom the process is directed, by certified mail, return 

receipt requested, addressed to the foreign legal consultant at the address specified by him or her

as provided in Rule 341(b)(8).