Court Opinion

ID: 9411141
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-25 20:15:50.958193+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:04.289965
License: Public Domain

PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT

Rule 102.    Definitions.
      (a)      General Rule. -- Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of these rules which are applicable to specific provisions of these rules, the
following words and phrases when used in these rules shall have, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this rule:
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      “Experienced hearing committee member.” An attorney who at the time is a member
of the panel of hearing committee members in a disciplinary district and who has served
on at least one hearing committee that has conducted a hearing into formal charges of
misconduct by a respondent-attorney or a hearing on a petition for reinstatement from
discipline by a petitioner-attorney.
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     “Senior hearing committee member.” An attorney who at the time is a member of
the panel of hearing committee members in a disciplinary district and who has served
either (i) as a member of the Board, or (ii) on at least two hearing committees that have
conducted hearings into formal charges of misconduct by respondent-attorneys or
hearings on petitions for reinstatement from discipline by petitioner-attorneys.