The court shall appoint an Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, which shall consist of 21 members, three of whom shall be nonlawyers and 18 of whom shall be attorneys in good standing. Appointment of members shall, as far as practicable, be made equally from each of the judicial districts within the Third Judicial Department. Appointments shall be for a term of three years or for such shorter term as the court deems appropriate. No member who has served two consecutive three year terms shall be eligible for reappointment until the passage of three years from the expiration of his or her second term. The chairperson of the Attorney Grievance Committee and a vice chairperson shall be appointed annually by the court from among the committee membership after considering the recommendations of the committee. The chairperson may annually appoint an executive committee consisting of at least one member of the committee from each judicial district within the Third Judicial Department, and such other members as are deemed necessary.

All members of the Committee on Professional Standards for the Third Judicial Department as of September 30, 2016 shall be deemed members of the committee effective October 1, 2016 and shall thereafter serve such terms as were then remaining on each respective member's tenure with the Committee on Professional Standards.