Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-07-0192-D
February 12, 2008
Disciplinary Commission No. 06-0710.
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 RUSSELL LEE ESSLINGER, a suspended 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 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 RUSSELL LEE ESSLINGER shall be placed on probation upon reinstatement for a period of time and under terms to be determined at the time of reinstatement.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that RUSSELL LEE ESSLINGER shall pay restitution to Harry and Joy Schaefer in the amount of $825.00.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 72, Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona, 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 ______________, 2008.
TO:
Russell Lee Esslinger, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
Matthew E. McGregor, Bar Counsel
David H. Lieberthal, 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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