Mr. Eagen, who is facing trial on charges related to the looting of estates by men he appointed to oversee them, has asked the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court to investigate his claims of unethical and criminal behavior by Mr. Barrasse, who on Tuesday was elected a Lackawanna County judge.

An investigation by Mr. Barrasse's office was widely publicized at the time Mr. Eagen lost a retention election for a second 10-year term on the county bench.

Mr. Eagen told the Disciplinary Board in a letter that he has found 71 violations of the state's Rules of Professional Conduct by Mr. Barrasse.

"The 71 violations of the Ethics Code also include a substantial number of criminal violations, violations of the rules of the grand jury, leaks of grand jury documents and testimony and numerous unethical public statements made by Mr. Barrasse and his assistants," Mr. Eagen's letter said.

One of his primary allegations against Mr. Barrasse is that the district attorney committed perjury when he testified at a hearing on the case.

Mr. Eagen contends Mr. Barrasse lied when he denied that he told the former judge that his office would end the investigation if he would drop out of the election for another term.

Mr. Eagen said he can provide 17 witnesses to corroborate the perjury.

The 71 violations took place from January 1996 through May 2 of this year, Mr. Eagen said.

One of the early violations of the rules, Mr. Eagen said, was the subpoenaing of his lawyer to appear before a grand jury on April 9, 1997.

The subpoena was a violation of the rules that prohibit prosecutors from subpoenaing lawyers to provide evidence in violation of the attorney-client relationship, Mr. Eagen said.

Mr. Barrasse could not be reached for comment.

Mr. Eagen is also charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, making false reports and tampering with public records.