In re the Disability Proceeding Against Diamondstone

¶1 Attorney Susan G. Diamondstone appeals the Washington State Bar Disciplinary Board’s (Board) recommendation that she be transferred to disability inactive status. The hearing officer and a unanimous Board found that the Washington State Bar Association (Association) has shown beyond a simple preponderance of the evidence, in fact by a clear preponderance of the evidence, that Diamondstone lacks the capacity to practice law.

Bridge, J.

¶2 Diamondstone contends that there is not sufficient evidence in the record to support the conclusion that she is incapable of practicing law. In addition she…