Former review-board members ask Rules Committee for a process to correct material report errors

Mr. Eaton, who said he served on the ARDC review board for nine years and as chair in recent years, told the Rules Committee that review-board reports have on occasion contained "material mistakes in a report based upon a reading of the record," and that there is currently no clear mechanism to correct such errors before exceptions reach the Supreme Court. He described an instance in 2025 where the review board's report incorrectly described whether a continuance had been requested and granted; because the report could not be corrected under current procedures, the error persisted into the exception process.