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Supreme Court Makes Appointment to Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board
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October 28, 2008
HARRISBURG, Oct. 28, 2008 — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced the appointment of Douglas W. Leonard to the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. Leonard, of Butler County, was appointed to complete the remaining term of Robert L. Storey, expiring April 1, 2010. Leonard was appointed as one of the board’s two non-lawyer members. The 16-member Disciplinary Board was created by the Supreme Court in 1972 to consider and investigate the conduct of any person subject to the Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement. Such persons include any: • attorney admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania • attorney of another jurisdiction specially admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court for a particular proceeding • disbarred, suspended or inactive attorney, with respect to violation of any rules committed prior to disbarment, suspension or transfer to inactivity • justice, judge or magisterial district judge, with respect to any violation of rules committed prior to taking office, if the Judicial Conduct Board declines jurisdiction • attorney who resumes practice of law, with respect to any non-judicial acts.