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B. Voluntary Codes of Professional Conduct1. Specialty Bars – American Immigration Lawyers Association, Ethicsin a Brave New World: Professional responsibility, PersonalAccountability, and Risk Management for Immigration Practitioners(John L. Pinnix, et al. eds., 2004)2. Code of Civility. ABA Section of Litigation(www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation.html)(last viewed June2011); Pennsylvania Code of Civility, 204 PA Code Section 99.3. Codes adopted by clients and industry associations4. Ethics opinions of bar associationsC. Rules of Practice of the Forum1. Federal Courts – Local Rules incorporating state ethical rulesFederal Courts – Rule 11; ABA Standards on Imposing LawyerSanctions2. State Courts – Local Rules – Pa. R.C. P. 1023.1 (Sanctions); StateRule 11 analogs3. Immigration Court Rules – see Rules Governing Practice before theImmigration Court (EOIR) and DHS under 8 C.F.R. § 1003.101 to §1003.107(a)A rule promulgated on June 27, 2000 governing the conductof attorneys practicing before the INS/DHS and the ExecutiveOffice for Immigration Review (EOIR), which administersthe Immigration Courts and the Board of ImmigrationAppeals (BIA), provides the EOIR with the authority toinvestigate complaints and to impose a wide range ofdisciplinary sanctions, ranging from private censure toexpulsion from practice before the DHS or EOIR(i)The EOIR can sanction attorneys who have been foundguilty or who have pleaded guilty or nolo contendereto a serious crime or who have been disciplined inother jurisdictions. 8 C.F.R. § 1003.103(1) If such a conviction or disciplinary actionoccurred on or after August 28, 2000, therule also imposes a duty on the attorney to7us\JUCEARO\7667714.1