Opinion ID: 2638876
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: exclusion of transcripts from board review

Text: ¶ 34 Whitney contends, additionally, that the WSBA's assistant general counsel wrongly denied his request to present the Cienega-Brookman modification trial transcript to the Board for its review. ¶ 35 ELC 11.5(d) provides that [e]vidence not presented to the hearing officer or panel must not be presented to the Board. This principle is reiterated in ELC 11.12(b), which states: Evidence not presented to the hearing officer or panel cannot be considered by the Board. Here, Whitney was attempting to present material to the Board that was not presented to the hearing officer. Br. of Appellant at App. E-F. This he cannot do. We conclude, therefore, that the assistant general counsel did not err in excluding the transcripts from board review.