After listening to oral argument on Sept. 16 in his disbarment appeal, Robert S. Bennett of Houston said he was “very pleased” with how the proceedings went before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Texas.

“They understood this wasn't a real violation,” Bennett said in assessing the panel of three judges who heard the appeal of his 2014 disbarment.

Bennett said he would like the panel consisting of William Boyce, Brett Busby and Marc Brown to reverse the trial judge's judgment, and impose probation if anything in his disciplinary suit instead of disbarment.