State Bar Grievance Administrator v. Baun

Three viable questions are *33presented by this appeal from a decision of the State Bar Grievance Board.(1) Was appellant Baun denied due process in that the procedures under which the Bar Grievance Board operate are inherently biased?(2) After having been advised that the respondent intended to claim his Fifth Amendment privilege, was it error for the State Bar to request that respondent take the stand under State Bar Rule 16, § 16.11?

(Conversely, the Bar Grievance Administrator has cross-appealed to inquire whether the Board erred when it ruled against any cross-examination under § 16.11.)1(3)…