Pennsylvania Code › Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part V - PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT › Subpart C - DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA › Chapter 91 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS › Subchapter E - FORMERLY ADMITTED ATTORNEYS › Section 91.96 - Proof of compliance

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General rule.
Enforcement Rule 217(e)(1) provides that within
					 ten days after the effective date of the disbarment, suspension, temporary
					 suspension, administrative suspension or transfer to disability inactive status
					 order, the formerly admitted attorney shall file with the Board Prothonotary a
					 verified statement (Form DB-25) (Statement of Compliance) and serve a copy on
					 Disciplinary Counsel. In the verified statement, the formerly admitted attorney
					 shall:
(1) aver that the provisions of the
					 order and the Enforcement Rules have been fully complied with;
(2) list all other state, federal and
					 administrative jurisdictions to which the formerly admitted attorney is
					 admitted to practice;
(3) aver that
					 he or she has attached copies of the notices required by subdivisions (a), (b),
					 and (c)(1) and (c)(2) of Enforcement Rule 217 and proofs of receipt, or, in the
					 alternative, aver that he or she has no clients, third persons to whom a
					 fiduciary duty is owed, or persons with whom the formerly admitted attorney has
					 professional contacts, to so notify;
(4) in cases of disbarment or suspension for
					 a period exceeding one year, aver that he or she has attached his or her
					 attorney registration license card or certificate for the current year,
					 certificate of admission, any certificate of good standing issued by the Court
					 Prothonotary, and any other certificate required by subdivision (h) of
					 Enforcement Rule 217 to be surrendered; or, in the alternative, aver that he or
					 she has attached all such documents within his or her possession, or that he or
					 she is not in possession of any of the certificates required to be
					 surrendered;
(5) aver that he or
					 she has complied with the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of
					 Enforcement Rule 217, and aver that he or she has, to the extent practicable,
					 attached proof of compliance, including evidence of the destruction, removal,
					 or abandonment of indicia of Pennsylvania practice; or, in the alternative,
					 aver that he or she neither had nor employed any indicia of Pennsylvania
					 practice;
(6) 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, aver that he or she has complied with the
					 requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Enforcement Rule 217, and
					 aver that he or she has attached proof of compliance, including resignation
					 notices, evidence of the closing of accounts, copies of cancelled checks and
					 other instruments demonstrating the proper distribution of client and fiduciary
					 funds, and requests to cancel advertisements and telecommunication listings;
					 or, in the alternative, aver that he or she has no applicable appointments,
					 accounts, funds, advertisements, or telecommunication listings;
(7) aver that he or she has served a copy of
					 the verified statement and its attachments on Disciplinary Counsel;
(8) set forth the residence or other address
					 where communications to such person may thereafter be directed; and
(9) sign the statement.