REPORTING PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT

(a) A lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed a violation of the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a substantial question as to that lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects, shall inform the appropriate professional authority.2 2 In Maine, the appropriate professional authority will be the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar, or in certain circumstances, as described in the Maine Rules for Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers and Judges, the Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers and Judges. 46 (b) A lawyer who knows that a judge has committed a violation of applicable rules of judicial conduct that raises a substantial question as to the judge’s fitness for office shall inform the appropriate professional authority.3 (c) This Rule does not require disclosure of information otherwise protected by Rule 1.6 or information obtained in the course of a lawyer’s or judge’s participation in the Maine Assistance Program for Lawyers and Judges, or an equivalent peer assistance program approved by a state’s highest court.