Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-09-0056-D
July 23, 2009.
Disciplinary Commission No. 06-1741.
This matter came before the Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Arizona, the Commission rendered its decision, and no timely petition for review was filed. The Court received a "Motion for Retroactive Start Date for Suspension" filed by respondent and the State Bar has no objection to a retroactive start date. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED granting sua sponte review to consider the effective date of the judgment and order of suspension.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that ALAN N. ARIAV 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 February 1, 2009, 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 (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 Respondent shall be assessed costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceedings as provided in Rule 60(b).
DATED this ______ day of ________, 2009.
TO:
Alan N. Ariav, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
Nancy A. Greenlee, Respondent's Counsel
Shauna R. Miller, Bar Counsel
Stanley R. Lerner, Hearing Officer 7V
Leticia V. D'Amore, Disciplinary Clerk
Sandra Montoya, Lawyer Regulation Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona
Molly Dwyer, Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Attn: Don Lewis Richard Weare, Clerk, United States District Court, District of Arizona
Attn: Beth Stephenson West Publishing Company (Jode Ottman)
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