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Rule 8.3 Reporting Professional
Misconduct
(a)
A lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed
a violation
of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a
substantial question as to that lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or
fitness as a lawyer in other respects, shall inform the appropriate
professional authority.
(b)
A lawyer who knows that a judge has committed a
violation
of applicable rules of judicial conduct that raises a
substantial question as to the judge's fitness for office shall inform
the appropriate authority.
(c)
This Rule
does not require disclosure of information otherwise protected by
Rule
1.6
or information gained by a lawyer or judge while participating in an
approved lawyers assistance program. |