Rule 242.7 - Hearing Boards(a) Authority. Hearing Boards are empowered to act in accordance with this rule.(b) Membership Provisions. (1) Members. The supreme court, with the assistance of the Advisory Committee, will appoint a diverse pool of Colorado lawyers and nonlawyers to the Hearing Board pool. Appointees serve terms of six years. Terms should be staggered to provide, so far as possible, for the regular expiration of the terms of an equal number of members. Appointees may serve no more than two consecutive terms.(2) Dismissal, Resignation, and Vacancy. Members of the Hearing Board pool serve at the pleasure of the supreme court. Members of the Hearing Board pool may resign at any time. The supreme court may fill any vacancies.(3) Reimbursement. Members of Hearing Boards are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel, lodging, and other expenses incurred in performing their official duties.(c) Hearings Before Hearing Boards. A Hearing Board in a disciplinary proceeding comprises the Presiding Disciplinary Judge and two other members, one of whom must be a Colorado lawyer, who are selected at random by the clerk of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge from among the available members of the Hearing Board pool. If the original Hearing Board is not available to decide an issue entrusted to it in a later phase of a proceeding, a Hearing Board consisting of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge and two members of the Hearing Board pool may decide the issue.(d) Disqualification. Members of Hearing Boards must refrain from taking part in a disciplinary proceeding in which a judge, similarly situated, would be required to disqualify. Hearing Board members must also refrain from taking part in a disciplinary proceeding where a lawyer associated with the member's law firm is in any way connected with the proceeding pending before the Hearing Board. Members of Hearing Boards must not represent a respondent in a proceeding under this rule during their term of service in the Hearing Board pool.(e) Former Member of Hearing Board. A former Hearing Board member is subject to Colo. RPC 1.12. For purposes of this subsection, a "matter" includes substantially related proceedings.Adopted by the Court, En Banc, May 20, 2021, effective 7/1/2021.