Reporting Professional Misconduct

(a) A lawyer possessing unprivileged knowledge of a violation of Rule 8.4 shall report such knowledge to a tribunal or other authority empowered to investigate or act upon such violation. (b) A lawyer possessing unprivileged knowledge or evidence concerning another lawyer or a judge shall reveal fully such knowledge or evidence upon proper request. (c) A lawyer who is on the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program Committee or who is a member of any committee or subcommittee of the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program designed to assist lawyers with addiction and other mental-health-related disorders shall not be under any obligation to disclose any knowledge or evidence acquired from any other person (including judges and lawyers) during communications made by that other person for the purpose of seeking help of the sort the Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program Committee was intended to give. Any statement made by either party during such communications shall be privileged, and no claims or disciplinary action based on the lawyer's failure to disclose the knowledge or evidence acquired during such communications may be instituted. (d) Inquiries or information received by any lawyer staffing a position with the Alabama State Bar Practice Management Assistance Program shall not be disclosed to the disciplinary authority without written permission of the lawyer seeking assistance. Any statement made by either party during such communications shall be privileged, and no claims or disciplinary action based on the lawyer's failure to disclose the knowledge or evidence acquired during such communication may be instituted. (e)