Texas Government Code 81.0751 – Appeals
(a) The commission or a respondent attorney may appeal:
(1) a finding of a panel of a district grievance committee under § 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.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 81.0751
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.