All disciplinary proceedings and deliberations of the Ethics Committee of the Bar of Guam shall be confidential and private until the Committee
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has made its recommendations to the Superior Court or until the Ethics Committee issues the attorney in question a public reprimand, but the person under investigation may request that any hearings held may be open to the public. After the Ethics Committee has made its recommendation to the Superior Court or issued a public reprimand, it may publish the facts and nature of its recommendation. SOURCE: GC § 28060. Formerly numbered Appendix A 7 GCA § 9211, renumbered by Compiler to § 9A211. NOTE: Must be cross-referenced with the current Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Rules and/or the current Rules for the Discipline of Attorneys to determine whether it was repealed. See COMMENT above. COMMENT: The Superior Court has disqualified counsel for the Committee from continued representation of the Bar in that case because of a violation by counsel of the duty of confidentiality imposed by this section. Bar of Guam Ethics Committee v. Sam S. Paik, Decision and Order, S.P. 92-85-A, Superior Court, Sept. 22, 1986.