Voting Underway on State Bar’s Proposed Rule Changes 

Texas lawyers can vote now on a dozen proposed changes to the state’s disciplinary and professional conduct rules that cover everything from conflicts of interest to remote work. 

Robert Tobey, a member of the state bar’s board of directors and chair of the discipline and client attorney assistance program that reviews ballot proposals, said the proposed amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure would modernize rules and address changes in the industry that resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic, such as remote work.