On July 28, 2015 the Board of Disciplinary Appeals affirmed the judgment of partially probated suspension of McAllen attorney Stephen T. Leas, State Bar of Texas Card No. 12095255 signed on December 3, 2014 by the Evidentiary Panel 12-2 for the State Bar of Texas District 12 grievance committee in Case Nos. 201301764 and 201305288. Leas is suspended from the practice of law for 15 years, the last ten years of the suspension is probated. BODA cause number 55818.  Mr. Leas has appealed the decision of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals to the Texas Suprme Court, case no. 15-0570.