Suzanne Porter, Legal Service Innovations Officer
Arizona Supreme Court
Certification & Licensing Division
1501 W Washington St, Ste 104
Phoenix, AZ 85007
[email protected]
602-452-3378


The Alternative Business Structure (“ABS”) Committee makes recommendations to the Court concerning the licensure of ABS applicants. Unlike most other boards governed by the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration, the Committee does not make the actual licensing decisions. The Code’s process in § 7-201 for applicants to request a hearing following a board licensing decision does not address how that process should be applied in this context or how to reconcile the hearing process with Supreme Court Rule 33.1(a)(6), which provides an opportunity for the applicant to file a response to the Committee’s recommendation with the supreme court.

The proposal would amend § 7-209 to specify how the hearing process works in the context of the Committee’s licensing recommendations to the Court in light of the Court’s own rules for considering those recommendations. A statement and the proposed changes are attached.
Comment deadline is May 23, 2022.