Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-07-0062-D
September 25, 2007
Disciplinary Commission No. 05-0357.
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, and this Court having denied the Respondent's Petition for Review,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that THOMAS G. WATKINS, III, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby disbarred from the practice of law, effective thirty (30) 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 (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 September, 2007.
TO: Thomas G Watkins III, (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
J Scott Rhodes, Jennings Strouss Salmon PLC
David C Tierney, Sacks Tierney PA
Shauna R Miller, Bar Counsel, State Bar of Arizona
Martin Lieberman, Hearing Officer
Lauren Elisabeth Eiler, Disciplinary Clerk (Cert. Copy)
Sandra Montoya, Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona (Cert. Copy)
Perry Thompson, Director, United States Supreme Court (Cert. Copy)
Cathy A Catterson, Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit (Cert. Copy)
Mr. Richard H Weare, Clerk, United States District Court for the
District of Arizona, Office of the Clerk (Phoenix) (Cert. Copy)
Jode Ottman, West Publishing Company, Editorial
Department D3-40 #4467
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