(a) Obtaining Certificate of Conviction. Upon being informed that an
attorney practicing before this Court has been convicted of any crime, the clerk shall
determine whether the clerk of the Court in which such conviction occurred has
forwarded a certificate of such conviction to this Court. If certificate has not been so
forwarded, the clerk shall promptly obtain a certificate and file it with this Court.
(b) Obtaining Certificate of Disciplinary Judgment or Order. Upon being
informed that an attorney practicing before this Court has been subjected to discipline by
another court or a state bar, the clerk shall determine whether a certified copy of the
disciplinary judgment or order has been filed with this Court, and, if not, the clerk shall
promptly obtain a certified copy of the disciplinary judgment or order and file it with this
Court.
(c) Clerk to Inform Other Jurisdictions. Whenever it appears that any
attorney convicted of any crime, disbarred, suspended, censured, or disbarred on consent
by this Court is admitted to practice law in any other jurisdiction or before any other
court, the clerk shall, within 14 days of that conviction, disbarment, suspension, censure,
or disbarment on consent, transmit to the disciplinary authority in such other jurisdiction,
or for such other court, a certificate of the conviction or a certified copy of the judgment
or order of disbarment, suspension, censure, or disbarment on consent, as well as the last
known office and residence addresses of the attorney.
(d) Clerk to Inform the National Discipline Data Bank. The clerk shall,
likewise, promptly notify the National Discipline Data Bank operated by the American
Bar Association of any order imposing public discipline upon any attorney practicing
before this Court.
