(a) Disciplinary Action for Misconduct.
For misconduct defined in these Rules, and for good cause shown, and 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 such other disciplinary
action as the circumstances may warrant.
(b) Definition of Misconduct.
Acts or omissions by an attorney admitted to practice before this Court, individually or in
concert with any other person or persons, which violate the Rules of Professional Conduct
adopted by this Court shall constitute misconduct and shall be grounds for discipline. This Court
shall apply the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law, as they have been adopted
by the Wyoming Supreme Court.
(c) Definition of Serious Crime.
As used under Rule 84.4-84.13, the term “serious crime” shall include any felony and any
lesser crime, a necessary element of which, as determined by the statutory or common law
definitions of such crime in the jurisdiction where the judgment was entered, involved false
swearing, misrepresentation, fraud, willful failure to file income tax returns, deceit, bribery,
extortion, misappropriation, theft, or an attempt, or a conspiracy or solicitation of another to
commit a “serious crime.”
(d) Definition of Disciplinary Counsel.
The term “disciplinary counsel” as used under Rule 84.4-84.13, or whenever “disciplinary
counsel” is to be appointed to investigate allegations of misconduct or prosecute disciplinary
proceedings, or in conjunction with a reinstatement petition filed by a disciplined attorney, shall
refer to disciplinary counsel for the Wyoming State Bar or the designee of the Wyoming State
Bar assigned to conduct disciplinary actions on its behalf. If counsel for the Wyoming State Bar
declines or refuses to serve as disciplinary counsel or such appointment is clearly inappropriate,
this Court shall appoint as disciplinary counsel one or more members of the Bar of this Court to
investigate allegations of misconduct or to prosecute disciplinary proceedings under these
Rules. The respondent-attorney may move to disqualify disciplinary counsel if he or she is
engaged as an adversary of the respondent-attorney in any matter. Disciplinary counsel, once
appointed, may not resign unless permission to do so is given by this Court.
(e) Confidentiality.
Proceedings under Rule 84.4-84.13 shall be confidential, except that any opinion and
order entered by the Court disbarring, suspending, or imposing other discipline upon an
attorney shall be placed on the public record unless otherwise ordered by the Court.
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