Opinion ID: 835498
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Accused's Due Process Contentions

Text: Throughout this proceeding, the accused has contended that the failure of the pleadings to provide him with notice of the charges and facts supporting them denied him a full opportunity to defend himself and, therefore, violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Other than a series of conclusory statements, however, the accused does not provide any argument to support the alleged due process violations. As stated above, in response to his motion to require the initial complaint to comply with BR 4.1(c), the trial panel ordered the Bar to file an amended complaint. The Bar did so and, as discussed above, the allegations in the amended complaint related to a specific client and to specific financial and accounting issues in connection with the accused's representation of that client. Consequently, any due process concern that might have arisen from the somewhat general nature of the Bar's initial complaint  and we do not suggest that such a concern would be justified  was cured early in this proceeding. The Bar's amended complaint provided the accused with the notice that was due to him under BR 4.1(c) and the Due Process Clause. The accused's due process rights were not violated in this proceeding.