Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-07-0140-D
October 30, 2007
Disciplinary Commission Nos. 04-1845, 05-0148.
JUDGMENT AND ORDER
This matter having come on for hearing before the Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Arizona, it having duly rendered its decision, and this Court having considered Respondent's Petition for Review and the State Bar of Arizona's Response to Petition for Review, accordingly
IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Review is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that DOUGLAS B. LEVY, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty (30) days, effective thirty (30) days from the date of this judgment and order, for conduct in violation of his duties and obligations as a lawyer, as disclosed in the Disciplinary Commission Report.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that DOUGLAS B. LEVY shall participate in the State Bar Ethics Enhancement Program (EEP). Respondent shall complete this requirement within six (6) months of the date of the judgment and order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 72, Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona, including, but not limited to, Rule 72(a), which requires that Respondent notify all of his clients, within ten (10) days from the date hereof, of his inability to represent them and that he should promptly inform this Court of his compliance with this Order as provided in Rule 72(e).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with all rule provisions regarding reinstatement proceedings.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 60(b), the State Bar is granted judgment against DOUGLAS B. LEVY for costs and expenses of these proceedings.
DATED this ________ day of October, 2007.
TO:
Douglas B Levy
JoJene E Mills, Law Office of JoJene Mills PC
Juan Perez-Medrano
Ariel I Worth, State Bar of Arizona
Nancy Swetnam, Acting Disciplinary Clerk
Sandra Montoya, Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona
Cathy A Catterson, Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit
Mr. Richard H Weare, Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Office of the Clerk (Phoenix)
Jode Ottman, West Publishing Company, Editorial Department D3-40 #4467
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