After the Hearing

When you receive the hearing panel's decision, review it carefully.

Findings of Fact are the conclusions of impartial panel members based on their reasoned assessment of all of the evidence and testimony presented during the hearing. Findings of Fact are not appeal-able.

If you believe the hearing process was seriously flawed to the extent you were denied a full and fair hearing, there are appellate procedures available. However, the finding of “no violation” is not appeal-able.

Rehearings are generally granted only when newly discovered evidence comes to light, such as: (1) which could not reasonably have been discovered and produced at the original hearing, and (2) which might have had a bearing on the hearing panel's decision.

Appeals brought by ethics respondents must be based on (1) a perceived misapplication or misinterpretation of one or more Articles of the Code of Ethics, (2) a procedural deficiency or failure of due process, or (3) the nature or gravity of the discipline proposed by the hearing panel.

Appeals brought by ethics complainants are limited to procedural deficiencies or failures of due process that may have prevented a full and fair hearing.