Present and past members of the Board may serve as hearing panel members. Non-lawyer citizens are members of the District Inquiry Committees and the Disciplinary Board. All members of the Board and the Inquiry Committees are volunteers and are asked to review what, at times, can be very time-consuming matters. While many complaints are dismissed as groundless, the amount of volunteer time needed to run the system is significant. Following is a summary of complaint files under consideration in 1999.
Total number reflects multiple dispositions in review and appeal processes.