In re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against King

¶1 Following a plea of guilty to federal mail fraud, the Washington State Bar Association Disciplinary Board (Board) recommended attorney-appellant Paul King be disbarred. King does not dispute the premise that *740a conviction for mail fraud is a breach of professional ethics for which disbarment is appropriate. Instead, he challenges the fairness of the proceedings against him, asking us to consider whether disciplinary counsel should have been disqualified, whether the hearing officer failed to follow hearing rules with regard to settlement of the hearing transcript, and whether King’s plea of…