A former Ernst & Young partner who was fined and disciplined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board over “reckless” accounting work for a pharmaceuticals company will challenge the case in a Washington federal appeals court.

The accounting oversight board concluded Mark E. Laccetti, an auditor for Ernst & Young, performed shoddy work for Taro Pharmaceuticals USA, a subsidiary of Israel-based Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which oversees the accounting board, last month upheld the reprimand.

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