(a) The Court, in furtherance of its inherent power and responsibility to
supervise the conduct of attorneys admitted to practice before it,
promulgates the following Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement superseding
its other rules pertaining to disciplinary enforcement. This Rule and SDIL-
LR 83.3 and 83.4 shall apply with equal force to government attorneys
appearing before the Court, who are not generally admitted to the district
bar or who are admitted pro hac vice (see 28 U.S.C. § 530B(a)).
(1) For misconduct defined in these Rules and for good cause shown,
after notice and opportunity to be heard, any attorney admitted to
practice before this Court may be disbarred, suspended from
practice before this Court, reprimanded, or subjected to other
disciplinary action as the circumstances may warrant.
(2) The Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by this Court are the
Rules of Professional Conduct established by the Supreme Court of
Illinois, as amended from time to time by that Court, except as
otherwise provided by specific rule of this Court. Acts or omissions
by an attorney admitted to practice before this Court, individually
or in concert with any other person or persons, that violate the
Court’s Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by this Court shall
constitute misconduct and shall be grounds for discipline, whether
or not the act or omission occurred in the course of an attorney-client
relationship.
(3) Whenever an attorney applies to be admitted or is admitted to this
Court for purposes of a particular proceeding (pro hac vice), the
attorney shall be deemed to have conferred disciplinary jurisdiction
upon this Court for any alleged misconduct of that attorney arising
in the course of, or in the preparation for, such proceeding.
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