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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 81.0751. Appeals

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The commission or a respondent attorney may appeal:

(1) a finding of a panel of a district grievance committee under Section 81.075(e) only to the Board of Disciplinary Appeals;

(2) a finding of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals to the supreme court;  and

(3) a judgment of a district court as in civil cases generally.

(b) In an appeal of a finding of a panel of a district grievance committee made to the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, the board may:

(1) affirm in whole or part the panel's finding;

(2) modify the panel's finding and affirm the finding as modified;

(3) reverse in whole or part the panel's finding and enter a finding the board determines the panel should have entered;  or

(4) reverse the panel's finding and remand the complaint for a rehearing to be conducted by:

(A) the panel that entered the finding;  or

(B) a statewide grievance committee panel composed of members selected from the state bar districts other than the district from which the appeal was taken.

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