PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT



### Rule404. 

### Permanent Resignation and 

### Readmission. 

### f Resignation while in 

### good standing. An 

### attorney who is 

### not the 

### subject

### ofany

### investigation intoallegationsof 

### misconductmay

### permanentlyresign from the bar 

### of 

### this Commonwealth by 

### submitting a 

### written resignation to the 

### Attorney Registration Office.

Oa 

### Resignationwhileunder

### AdministrativeSuspension. An

### attorneywho is administratively suspended 

### for failure to complywith Pennsylvania Rules 

### for Continuing Legal 

### Education 

### or Pennsylvania Rules 

### of Disciplinary Enforcement and not the 

### subject of any 

### investigation into allegations of misconduct may 

### permanently resign from the bar of 

### this Commonwealth by 

### submitting a 

### written resignationtothe

### Attorney RegistrationOffice. 

### ic) Readmission. An 

### attorney who has 

### permanently resigned from the 

### practice of law in

### this Commonwealth pursuant

### tosubdivision (a) 

### or (b) 

### of

### this rule may 

### not be 

### reinstated under the 

### Enforcement Rulesand 

### mustseekreadmission to 

### the bar 

### pursuant tothe Pennsylvania Bar

### Admission Rules.PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT

Rule 102. 

### Definitions.
*** "Formerly admitted attorney." Adisbarred, suspended, administratively suspended, 

### permanently resigned, retired or inactive attorney.
***
Rule 201. 

### Jurisdiction. (a) The 

### exclusive disciplinaryjurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Board 

### underthese rules 

### extends to:
*** (3) Any 

### formerly admitted attorney, with respect to acts prior to 

### suspension, disbarment, administrative suspension,

### permanent resignation, or transfer to

### orassumption of retired or inactive status, 

### orwith 

### respectto actssubsequentthereto which amount to the 

### practice of law or constitute the violation of the Disciplinary Rules, 

### these rulesor rules ofthe Board adopted pursuant hereto.
*** Rule 204. 

### Types 

### of

### discipline.

(c) A reference in 

### these rules to disbarment, suspension, 

### temporary suspension, administrative suspension, 

### permanent resignation, or transfer to or 

### assumption of retired 

### or inactive status shall be 

### deemed to mean, in the case of a 

### respondent-attorney who holds a Limited In-House Corporate Counsel License, 

### expiration of that license. A respondent-attorney whose Limited In-House Corporate Counsel Licenseexpires 

### for any reason: (1) shall be deemed to be a 

### formerly admitted attorney for purposes of Rule 217 (relating to 

### formerly admitted attorneys); and(2) shall not be entitledto seek reinstatement under Rule 218 (relating to reinstatement) or Rule219 (relating toannual registration ofattorneys)and instead must reapply 

### for a Limited In-House Corporate Counsel License under Pennsylvania Bar

### Admission Rule 302.
***
Rule 217. 

### Formerly admitted attorneys.
*** (d) (3) In cases of disbarment, suspension for a period exceeding one year, 

### temporary suspension under Enforcement Rule 208(f) or 213(g), or disability inactive status under 

### Enforcement Rule 216 or 301, a 

### formerly admitted attorney shallalso promptly: (i) resign all 

### appointments as personal representative, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, receiver, trustee, agent undera power of attorney, or

### otherfiduciary position; (ii) close every IOLTA, Trust, client and fiduciary account; (iii) 

### properly disburse or otherwise 

### transfer all 

### client and 

### fiduciary funds in his or her possession, custody or control; and (iv) take all 

### necessary steps to cancel or discontinue the next regularpublication ofall 

### advertisementsand

### telecommunication listings that expressly or implicitly convey eligibility to practice law in the state courts of Pennsylvania. The 

### formerly admitted 

### attorney shall maintain records to demonstrate compliance with the provisions of 

### paragraphs (2) and (3) and shall provide proof of compliance atthe time the 

### formerly admitted attorney files the verified statement required by subdivision (e)(1) ofthis Rule. Note: Paragraph (d)(3)(i) does not preclude a respondent- 

### attorney who voluntarily assumes inactive or retired status, 

### permanently resigns, is placed on 

### administrative suspension, is 

### temporarily suspended under Enforcement Rule 214, or is 

### suspended for one 

### year or less, from completing existing appointments and accepting new 

### appointments of the nature identified in paragraph (d)(3)(i). Nonetheless, in order to 

### comply with subdivisions (a), (b) and (c) of this Rule, the 

### formerly admitted attorney who desires to complete existing

### appointments or acceptfuture appointments must give written notice ofthe 

### formerly admitted attorney's registration status or 

### change in that status to appointing and supervisingjudges and courts, wards, heirs, beneficiaries, interested third parties, and 

### other recipients of the 

### formerly admitted attorney's fiduciary services, as notice of the formerly admitted attorney's other- than-active status gives all interested parties an 

### opportunity to 

### consider replacing the 

### formerlyadmittedattorney or enlisting a person other than the 

### formerly admitted attorney to serve as the

### fiduciary in thefirst instance.Although the

### formerly admitted 

### attorney would not be precluded by paragraph (d)(3)(ii) from 

### continuing to use a 

### fiduciary account registered with the bank as an IOLTA or

### TrustAccount, paragraph (2) 

### of subdivision (d) and paragraph (4)(iv) of subdivision (j) of this Rule prohibit the 

### formerly admitted attorney from using or 

### continuing to use 

### account checks and 

### deposit slips that contain the word "IOLTA," "attorney," "lawyer," "esquire," or 

### similar appellation 

### that could convey eligibility to practice in the state courts of Pennsylvania. Notwithstanding the specific prohibitions of 

### subdivision (j) of this Rule, the 

### formerly admitted attorney is 

### authorizedto performthose services necessaryto 

### carryoutthe 

### appointment with the exception 

### of any service 

### that would 

### constitute the unauthorized practice of law if engaged in by a nonlawyer. In relation to 

### formerly admitted attorneys who are disbarred, suspended for a period exceeding one year, 

### temporarily suspended under Enforcement Rule 208(f) or 213(g), or transferred to disability inactive status, the 

### requirements of paragraph (d)(3) continue 

### throughoutthe term 

### of the disbarment, suspension, temporary suspension, or 

### disability inactive status, 

### thereby precluding any new 

### appointment or engagement.
***

Rule 219. 

### Annual registration ofattorneys.
*** (b) The following shall be exempt from paying the annual fee required by subdivision (a):(1) 

### Justices orjudges serving in the following Pennsylvania courts of record shall be 

### exemptfor such time as they serve in office: Supreme, Superior, Commonwealth, Common Pleas, and Philadelphia Municipal; and justices or judges serving an 

### appointmentfor life on any federal court; (2) retired attorneys; 

### [and]

(3) 

### permanently resigned 

### attorneys under Enforcement Rule 404; 

### and 

### LIL military attorneys holding a limited certificate of admission issued under Pa.B.A.R. 

### 303 (relatingto admission of military attorneys).

Note: The exemption created by subdivision (b)(1) does not include Pittsburgh MunicipalCourtjudges, magisterialdistrict judges, arraignment court magistrates or administrative law 

### judges.