By an announcement posted in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on August 15, 2026, at 56 Pa.Bull. 5826, the Disciplinary Board adopted two amendments to the Disciplinary Board Rules and Procedures.
Section 91.2(b), Subpoenas and investigations, is amended to provide that a party seeking issuance of a subpoena in a disciplinary proceeding must file a completed subpoena with the Court Prothonotary in addition to a statement requesting the subpoena. Previously, only the statement was required. The amendment provides that the Court Prothonotary shall forthwith sign and issue the subpoena.
An amendment to Section 91.75, Effect of raising defense of disability in formal and informal proceedings, amends the procedure when a respondent-attorney contends that they are suffering from a disability by reason of mental or physical infirmity or illness, or because of addiction to drugs or intoxicants, which make it impossible to prepare an adequate defense in a disciplinary proceeding. Previously, the rule required the respondent to file a certificate of admission of disability with the Supreme Court prothonotary. Under the amendment, the certificate is to be filed with the Disciplinary Board Prothonotary upon which the Board shall promptly file the certificate with the Court.
Both amendments took effect thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, on September 14, 2026.