Ex parte Garmon’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““A proceeding by the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar is a judicial proceeding in that it is a judicial inquiry by this Court acting through the Alabama Board of Bar Commissioners. Cain v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, 345 So.2d 1343, 1346 (Ala.1977). When a judgment of a trial court is based upon evidence presented ore tenus, a party appealing the judgment must present the appellate court an official transcript; such a transcript is necessary to support an appeal seeking reversal of the judgment. Browning v. Carpenter, 596 So.2d 906 (Ala.1992). It is illogical to suggest that the transcript used to support an appeal to this Court from the Bar’s Disciplinary Board is not an official transcript. “In Opinion of the Clerk No. 47, 568 So.2d 1223 (Ala.1990), the clerk of this Court addressed the issue whether freelance reporters who transcribe judicial proceedings are bound by the fee arrangement in Ala.R.Jud.Admin. 12(B). He reasoned that ‘when one voluntarily agrees to transcribe judicial proceedings, within the meaning of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, one assumes all the duties and responsibilities of the Rules, including the fee schedule of Rule 29.’ 568 So.2d at 1223-24 . “This Court may set and prescribe the fees to be paid to court reporters for transcripts of official proceedings. Ala. Code 1975, § 12-17-276. Rená Messick, the court reporter who recorded the disciplinary proceedings involving Garmon, submitted affidavits from numerous ”

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   e.g. 1 So. 3d 1084 - In Re State of Ala.