Can a lawyer be disciplined for conduct when he is not acting as a lawyer? For instance, if something happens on vacation?

Samuel C. Stretton. Samuel C. Stretton.

Yes. Once one becomes a lawyer, they are a lawyer 24 hours, 7 days per week, at least, in terms of being covered by the Rules of Professional Conduct. Those rules cover a lawyer’s conduct even when the lawyer is acting in a nonlawyer capacity.