I have been cited for criminal contempt by a judge in the court of common pleas and fined $100 due to my late appearance for a court hearing. Do I have to report this to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel?
The answer is, unfortunately, yes. Several months ago I wrote an article noting that Pennsylvania Rule of Disciplinary Enforcement 214 was ambiguous on whether a conviction for criminal contempt had to be reported. As noted in the article, the definition of serious crime recently changed for reporting purposes if an attorney is convicted. The old rule required reporting only if the crime for which the lawyer was convicted had a potential sentence of more than one year of incarceration. The new rule requires reporting any crime punishable by imprisonment, whether or not the sentence is actually imposed.
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