Cheryl D. Brown-Raines v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

On September 9, 2022, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals issued a Dismissal Order, dismissing for want of prosecution the appeal filed by Garland attorney CHERYL D. BROWN-RAINES [#003211050]. On August 23, 2021, a Judgment of Active Suspension was issued by an evidentiary panel of the District 6 Grievance Committee of the State Bar of Texas, finding that Brown-Raines violated Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct 1.01(b)(1) (neglect), 1.03(a) and (b) (communication), 1.08(h) (conflict of interest in which lawyer acquires proprietary interest in litigation), 1.14(a) and (b) (safekeeping property), and 8.04(a)(8) (misconduct involving failure to provide a required response to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s office or a district grievance committee). Brown-Raines is suspended for twenty-four months, effective September 2, 2021, and ending September 1, 2023. On March 10, 2023, the Supreme Court dismissed Brown-Raines’s appeal for want of prosecution [Case No. 22-0840]. BODA Case No. 66093.