Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-09-0018-D
April 20, 2009.
Disciplinary Commission Nos. 07-1910, 08-0039, 08-0120, 08-0138, 08-0158, 08-0177, 08-0187, 08-0195, 08-0196, 08-0206, 08-0207, 08-0208, 08-0214, 08-0301, 08-0322, 08-0379, 08-0386, 08-0517, 08-0555, 08-0694.
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 or sua sponte review occurring,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that JOSEPH S. DIDIO a suspended member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby disbarred from the practice of law, effective the date of this judgment 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 JOSEPH S. DIDIO shall pay restitution in the following amounts to the following individuals:
$ 5,000.00 $37,339.14
Sandra and Julian Montoya $ 4,467.25 Melvin Andraschko or Olde World Village Home Owner's Association $ 470.00 Myrtle Myers $ 1,750.00 Eric Wall $12,901.89 orman Joslyn $ 2,000.00 Irene and Andriano Riesgo $ 750.00 Barney and Patricia Goldsbary $ 5,000.00 Beatrice Barrios $ 1,500.00 Clinton and Linda Macy $ 1,000.00 Richard Wells $ 2,500.00 Dorothy Larson TOTALIT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 72, Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona, and shall 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:
Joseph S. Didio, Respondent (Regular Mail and Certified Mail, Return Receipt)
Roberta L. Tepper, Bar Counsel
Robert J. Stephan, Jr., Hearing Officer 9R
Leticia V. D'Amore, Disciplinary Clerk (Cert. Copy)
Sandra Montoya, Lawyer Regulation Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona (Cert. Copy)
Perry Thompson, Director of Admissions, Supreme Court of the United States (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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