Enforcement Rule 327 provides that a conservator appointed under the Enforcement Rules shall:
- (1) Not be regarded as having an attorney-client relationship with clients of the absent attorney, except that the conservator shall be bound by the obligation of confidentiality imposed by the Rules of Professional Conduct with respect to information acquired as conservator.
- (2) Have no liability to the clients of the absent attorney except for injury to such clients caused by intentional, wilful, or grossly negligent breach of duties as a conservator.
- (3) Be immune from civil suit brought by or on behalf of the absent attorney; and that any objections by or on behalf of the absent attorney or any other person to the conduct of the conservator shall be raised in the appointing court during the pendency of the conservatorship.
Source
The provisions of this § 91.127 amended January 15, 1988, effective April 1, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 242; amended August 7, 2009, effective August 8, 2009, 39 Pa.B. 4725; amended February 6, 2026, effective 30 days after publication, 56 Pa.B. 766. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (420031) to (420032).