In the Matter of Allison (Tex. 2009),
No. 08-0705 (Tex. Jun. 26, 2009)(Jefferson)
(attorney disciplinary appeal, dispute over required minimum number of public members on panel)
IN THE MATTER OF BOMA O. ALLISON
The Court affirms the Board of Disciplinary Appeals' judgment.
Chief Justice Jefferson delivered the opinion of the Court. [8-page pdf opinion]
View Electronic Briefs in ALLISON v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE (Tex. 2009)
EXCERPT FROM THE OPINION:
Boma Allison, an attorney licensed by the State Bar of Texas, challenges a judgment issued
by a State Bar grievance committee’s evidentiary panel, in which the panel suspended Allison for
violating provisions of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Allison alleges that
the evidentiary panel, composed of three attorney members and one public member, lacked a
quorum. She asks that the judgment be vacated and the case either dismissed or remanded for a new
hearing before a statewide evidentiary panel. Because we hold that the panel constituted a proper
quorum under the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, we affirm the Board of Disciplinary
Appeals’ judgment.
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[W]e hold that the panel of three attorney members and
one public member in Allison’s hearing satisfied Rule 2.07's quorum requirement. We therefore
affirm the Board of Disciplinary Appeals’ judgment. TEX. R. APP. P. 60.2(a).