You are responsible for the cost for copies. You also have a right to interview employees having knowledge of the charges. Depending on your case, you may want to bring witnesses who know about the issues involved in the charges against you. If there are documents, such as contracts, business records, or checks that help prove your side, try to bring the original and three copies. You may bring photographs or other items that are relevant to your defense.
Cases often settle without going to hearing.
Contact the department attorney to see if you can work something out. You may also contact the SPB Appeals Division for possible assistance. You will receive a notice to attend a settlement conference, if scheduled in your case. If you are a party to a hearing, you have the right to subpoena witnesses and relevant documents to be produced at the hearing. Contact the SPB Appeals Division well ahead of the hearing for subpoenas duces tecum for documents and subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses with relevant testimony.