1. (a) The exclusive disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Board under these rules extends to:

   1. (1) Any attorney admitted to practice law in this Commonwealth.

      Note

      The jurisdiction of the Board under this paragraph includes jurisdiction over a foreign legal consultant, military attorney, attorney spouse of an active-duty service member, attorney participant in defender or legal services programs, or a person holding a Limited In-House Corporate Counsel License. See the definitions of ‘‘attorney,’’ ‘‘practice of law’’ and ‘‘respondent-attorney’’ in Rule 102.

   2. (2) Any attorney of another jurisdiction specially admitted by a court of this Commonwealth for a particular proceeding.
   3. (3) Any formerly admitted attorney, with respect to acts prior to suspension, disbarment, temporary suspension, administrative suspension, permanent resignation, or transfer to or assumption of retired, inactive or disability inactive status, or with respect to acts subsequent thereto which amount to the practice of law or constitute the violation of the Disciplinary Rules, these rules or rules of the Board adopted pursuant hereto.
   4. (4) Any attorney who is a justice, judge or magisterial district judge, with respect to acts prior to taking office as a justice, judge or magisterial district judge, if the Judicial Conduct Board declines jurisdiction with respect to such acts.
   5. (5) Any former judicial officer with respect to nonjudicial acts while in judicial service.
   6. (6) Any attorney not admitted in this Commonwealth who practices law or renders or offers to render any legal services in this Commonwealth.

2. (b) The disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Board under these rules also extends to:

   1. (1) any former judicial officer with respect to acts that occurred while a judicial officer and that would have been grounds for lawyer discipline.
   2. (2) any judicial officer with respect to acts during the practice of law that constitute the violation of the Disciplinary Rules, these rules or rules of the Board adopted pursuant hereto.
3. (c) Nothing contained in these rules shall be construed to deny to any other court such powers as are necessary for that court to maintain control over proceedings conducted before it, such as the power of contempt, nor to prohibit bar associations from censuring, suspending or expelling their members from membership in the association.

Source

The provisions of this Rule 201 amended October 10, 1980, effective February 8, 1981, 10 Pa.B. 4029; amended April 30, 2004, effective upon publication, governs matters thereafter commenced and, insofar as just and practicable, matters then pending, 34 Pa.B. 2537; amended March 17, 2005, effective September 1, 2005, 35 Pa.B. 1972; amended April 16, 2009, effective May 1, 2009, 39 Pa.B. 2193; amended October 2, 2019, effective in 30 days, 49 Pa.B. 6063; amended October 29, 2020, effective in 30 days, 50 Pa.B. 6353; amended July 19, 2023, effective September 1, 2023, 53 Pa.B. 4385; amended February 11, 2026, effective in 30 days, 56 Pa.B. 1104. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (415348) to (415349).