WA · rules
Wash. R. for Enforcement of Lawyer Conduct 12.3
Appeal
(a) Right to Appeal. The respondent lawyer or disciplinary counsel has the right to appeal
a Board decision recommending suspension or disbarment. There is no other right of appeal.
(b) Notice of Appeal. The appealing party must file a notice of appeal with the Clerk
within 30 days of service of the Board’s decision on that party.
(c) Susequent Notice by the Other Party. When a timely notice of appeal has been filed
by a party, if the other party wants relief from the Board’s decision, that party must file a notice
of appeal with the Clerk within 14 days after service of the notice filed by the other party.
(d) Filing Fee. The first party to file a notice of appeal must, at the time the notice is filed,
either pay the statutory filing fee to the Clerk of the Disciplinary Board by cash or by check
made payable to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, or by appropriate motion apply to the Clerk of
the Supreme Court for a waiver of the filing fee based upon a showing of indigency.
(e) Service. A party filing any notice of appeal must serve the other party.
History
[Adopted effective October 1, 2002; Amended effective January 1, 2014.]
Provenance
- Source
- www.courts.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-16
- Edition
- 2026-09-16
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