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Last Post 01 May 2019 02:34 PM by  Katherine Novak
R-18-0024 Rule 64(f)(1)(B), Ariz.R.S.Ct.
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Ralph Adams
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29 Jan 2018 03:19 PM
    Ralph Adams, 015599
    ADAMS & CLARK, PC
    520 East Portland Street
    Phoenix, AZ 85004
    (602) 258-3542
    [email protected]

    Would clarify the language of Rule 64(f)(1)(B), Ariz.R.S.Ct. and eliminate reference to Bar Counsel rendering findings re the need to show rehabilitation.


    Applicants for reinstatement who have been suspended from the practice of law for more than six months for disciplinary reasons must demonstrate fitness, competence and rehabilitation. A hearing is required under these circumstances. Hearings are also required for attorneys who have been summarily suspended by the Board of Governors for more than two years for failure to pay dues or maintain MCLE. However, attorneys who are summarily suspended have not generally demonstrated any issue, trait or condition from which to be"rehabilitated." Recognizing this fact, the rule was amended on January 1, 2017 to eliminate the need to demonstrate rehabilitation in such cases.

    The current rule as amended is, however, problematic in that it suggests that Bar Counsel have authority to make “findings” requiring an applicant to demonstrate rehabilitation in such a case. The Rules of the Supreme Court do not convey upon Bar Counsel the authority to make findings. Moreover, such findings would violate applicants' due process rights. In addition, applicants must demonstrate "fitness" so there is no need for Bar Counsel to make such findings regarding rehabilitation.

    This Petition seeks to clarify the language of the rule and eliminate the reference to Bar Counsel rendering findings regarding an applicant's need to demonstrate rehabilitation.


    FILED 01-29-2018

    Comments must be submitted on or before May 1, 2019.

    Replies must be submitted on or before June 1, 2019.

    ORDERED: Petition to Amend Rule 64(f)(1)(B) = ADOPTED AS MODIFIED, effective January 1, 2020.
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    Katherine Novak
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    01 May 2019 02:34 PM
    Hon. Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chair
    Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee
    Arizona Supreme Court
    1501 W. Washington St.
    Phoenix, AZ 85007
    [email protected]

    Please see the attached comment of the Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee.
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