Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-07-0153-D
October 30, 2007
Disciplinary Commission Nos. 06-0139, 06-0939, 06-1332, 06-2084.
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 MARK F. BRINTON, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, is suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months and one day, 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 MARK F. BRINTON shall be placed on probation for a period of two (2) years upon reinstatement and effective upon the signing of the probation contract. Bar Counsel shall notify the Disciplinary Clerk of the date on which the probation begins. The terms of probation shall be determined at the time of reinstatement.
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 of Arizona is granted judgment against MARK F. BRINTON for costs and expenses of these proceedings in the amount of $1,077.70, together with interest at the legal rate from the date of this judgment.
DATED this _____ day of October, 2007.
TO:
Mark F. Brinton, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
Shauna R. Miller, Bar Counsel
Thomas M. Quigley, 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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