Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-08-0090-D
September 4, 2008.
Disciplinary Commission Nos. 06-1667, 07-1658.
JUDGMENT AND ORDER
This matter having come before the Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Arizona, it having duly rendered its decision, and no discretionary review or sua sponte review occurring,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that RICHARD B. JOHNSON, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months and one day, effective thirty days from the date of this 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 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 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 of Arizona is granted judgment against RICHARD B. JOHNSON for costs and expenses of these proceedings in the amount of $952.00 together with interest at the legal rate from the date of this judgment.
TO: Richard B. Johnson, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
J. Scott Rhodes, Respondent's Counsel
Stephen P. Little, Bar Counsel
Honorable H. Jeffrey Coker, Hearing Officer 6R
Leticia V. D'Amore, Disciplinary Clerk (Cert. Copy)
Sandra Montoya, Lawyer Regulation Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona (Cert. Copy)
Molly Dwyer, 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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