Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-07-0166-D
November 30, 2007
Disciplinary Commission No. 06-0301.
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, there having been no discretionary review and sua sponte review having been declined by the Court,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that BERNARD M. STRASS, an inactive member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby suspended from the practice of law for a period of six-months and one-day to commence retroactive to February 16, 2007, for conduct in violation of his duties and obligations as a lawyer, as disclosed in the Disciplinary Commission Report.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that should BERNARD M. STRASS seek reinstatement, he may be placed on probation if deemed necessary by the Commission and the Court, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined at the time of reinstatement.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall pay costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceedings as provided in Supreme Court Rule 60(b).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 72, Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
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 of Arizona is granted judgment against BERNARD M. STRASS for costs and expenses of these proceedings in the amount of $968.50, together with interest at the legal rate from the date of this judgment.
DATED this ___ day of ___, 2007.
TO:
Bernard M. Strass, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
Roberta L. Tepper, Bar Counsel
Donna Lee Elm, Hearing Officer
Nancy Swetnam, Acting Disciplinary Clerk (Cert. Copy)
Sandra Montoya, Lawyer Regulation Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona (Cert. Copy)
Cathy Catterson, Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Cert. Copy)
Richard Weare, Clerk, United States District Court, District of Arizona (Cert. Copy)
West Publishing Company (Jode Ottman)
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