§ Rule 3-4.6 Discipline by Foreign or Federal Jurisdiction; Choice of Law

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Rule 3-4.6. Discipline by Foreign or Federal Jurisdiction; Choice of Law

    (a) Disciplinary Authority. An attorney admitted to practice in this jurisdiction is subject to the disciplinary authority of this
jurisdiction, regardless of where the attorney's conduct occurs. An attorney may be subject to the disciplinary authority of both this jurisdiction and another jurisdiction for the same conduct. A final adjudication in a disciplinary proceeding by a court or other authorized disciplinary agency of another jurisdiction, state or federal, that an attorney licensed to practice in that jurisdiction is guilty of misconduct justifying disciplinary action shall be considered as conclusive proof of such misconduct in a disciplinary proceeding under this rule.

    (b) Choice of Law. In any exercise of the disciplinary authority of this jurisdiction, the rules of professional conduct to be applied shall be as follows:

        (1) for conduct in connection with a matter pending before a tribunal, the rules of the jurisdiction in which the tribunal sits, unless the rules of the tribunal provide otherwise; and

        (2) for any other conduct, the rules of the jurisdiction in which the attorney's conduct occurred, or, if the predominant effect of the conduct is in a different jurisdiction, the rules of that jurisdiction shall be applied to the conduct.