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Last Post 01 May 2024 07:13 PM by  Krista Wood
R-24-0006 PETITION TO AMEND ARIZONA CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT RULE 2.6
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Yolanda Fox
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09 Jan 2024 10:27 AM
    Samuel A. Thumma
    Chair, Arizona Commission on Access to Justice
    Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals
    Division One
    State Courts Building
    1501 West Washington
    Phoenix, Arizona 85007
    Telephone: (602) 452-6700

    Filed: January 9, 2024

    Would amend Rule 2.6 of the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct (Rule 81 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona) to add a comment providing examples of actions judges may properly take to ensure a self-represented litigant’s right to be heard.

    Comments must be submitted by no later than Wednesday, May 1, 2024, and any reply by a petitioner must be submitted no later than Monday, June 3, 2024.
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    Charles Adornetto
    New Member
    Posts:20 New Member

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    16 Feb 2024 10:57 AM
    Gerald A. Williams
    Arizona Bar No. 018947
    North Valley Justice Court
    14264 West Tierra Buena Lane
    Surprise, AZ 85274

    The Maricopa County Justice Court bench unanimously requests that the proposed amendment to the comment section of Rule 2.6 of the Code of Judicial Conduct be adopted
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    April Elliott
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    Posts:4 New Member

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    29 Mar 2024 05:52 PM
    April P. Elliott, Bar No. 016701
    Executive Director
    Commission on Judicial Conduct
    1501 W. Washington, Suite 229
    Phoenix, AZ 85007
    (602) 452-3200
    [email protected]

    The Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct submits their comment in support of the petition.
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    April Elliott
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    Posts:4 New Member

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    30 Apr 2024 05:13 PM
    The Arizona Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee submits this comment in support of the petition, with one proposed change, as noted.
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    Andrew Patrick Schaffer
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    Posts:12 New Member

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    30 Apr 2024 07:18 PM
    Pursuant to Rule 28 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, Community Legal Services (“CLS”), DNA People’s Legal Services (“DNA”), Southern Arizona Legal Aid (“SALA”), and the William E. Morris Institute for Justice (“MIJ”) submit the attached comments in support of the Petition to Amend Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.6.

    Respectfully submitted this 30th day of April 2024.

    ANDREW P. SCHAFFER, AZ Bar. No. 037352
    BRENDA MUÑOZ FURNISH, AZ Bar. No. 027280
    MICHELLE J. SIMPSON, AZ Bar. No. 020199
    WILLIAM E. MORRIS INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
    3707 North Seventh Street, Suite 300
    Phoenix, Arizona 85014-5095
    (602) 252-3432
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
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    Diana Cooney
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    Posts:43 New Member

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    01 May 2024 01:27 PM
    Elizabeth Burton Ortiz
    State Bar No. 012838
    Executive Director
    Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council (APAAC)
    3838 N. Central Avenue, Suite 850
    Phoenix, AZ 85012
    Phone: 602-542-7222
    Fax No: 602-274-4215
    [email protected]

    This is a Comment submitted by the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council (APAAC) in the Matter of R-24-0006; Petition to Amend Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 2.6, Arizona Supreme Court Rule 81.
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    Krista Wood
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    Posts:5 New Member

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    01 May 2024 07:13 PM
    Krista Wood
    Section Chief/Criminal Division – Fraud & Special Prosecutions Section
    State Bar Number 025503
    Submitting comment on behalf of the Arizona Attorney General's Office
    Firm State Bar Number 14000
    2005 N. Central Ave.
    Phoenix, AZ 85004
    [email protected]
    (602) 542-8527

    Please see attached comment.
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