Rule 8. Grounds for Discipline

(a) Misconduct by an attorney, individually or in concert with others, including the following acts or omissions, shall constitute grounds for discipline, whether or not the act or omission occurred in the course of an attorney-client relationship: (1) Any act or omission which violates the provisions of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct; (2) Any criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects; provided that conviction thereof in a criminal proceeding shall not be a prerequisite to the institution of disciplinary proceedings, and provided further that acquittal in a criminal proceeding shall not necessarily bar disciplinary action; (3) Any act or omission which violates these rules or which violates an order of discipline, a diversion contract or a determination of disability; or (4) Failure to respond without good cause shown to a request by Bar Counsel, the ROC, the BPR, a Disciplinary Judge, the Client Protection Fund Committee or the Fee Arbitration Committee, or obstruction of Bar Counsel, the ROC, the BPR, a Disciplinary Judge, the Client Protection Fund Committee or the Fee Arbitration Committee or any part thereof in the performance of their duties. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, an assertion that a response would violate the respondent’s constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. (b) This enumeration of acts and omissions constituting grounds for discipline is not exclusive, and other acts or omissions deemed by the ROC to constitute unprofessional conduct may constitute grounds for discipline (Adopted February 20, 2015, effective July 1, 2015; amended November 17, 2017, effective February 1, 2018.)