Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-10-0127-D
Filed January 4, 2011
State Bar of Arizona No. 10-2209.
ORDER OF INTERIM SUSPENSION
A Motion for Interim Suspension was filed by the State Bar. Respondent John F. Giles, Jr. was served with the motion but did not file a response. After considering the motion, the Court finds that the motion for interim suspension should be granted. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Rule 61(c), Rules of the Supreme Court, that John F. Giles, Jr. is hereby suspended from the practice of law, effective this date.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the suspension shall continue in effect until final disposition of all pending proceedings against John F. Giles, Jr., unless earlier vacated or modified.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that John F. Giles, Jr., from this date, shall not accept for representation any new cases; nor shall he agree to represent any existing client after the effective date of this Order, except to request withdrawal from representation as required by Rule 72(a), Rules of the Supreme Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that John F. Giles, Jr. is precluded from distributing funds from any trust account to anyone except with the written approval of bar counsel or of this court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 72(a), Rules of the Supreme Court, John F. Giles, Jr. shall notify all his clients within ten days from the date hereof of his inability to continue to represent them and that they should promptly retain new counsel, and shall promptly inform this Court of his compliance with this Order as provided by Rule 72(e), Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
DATED this ______ day of January, 2011.
TO:
John F. Giles, Jr. Jason Easterday Nancy Swetnam Sandra Montoya Don Lewis Beth Stephenson Jode Ottman Lexis Nexis chj