Opinion
Supreme Court No. SB-07-0141-RD
August 23, 2007
Disciplinary Commission No. 06-4001.
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 SUSAN G. WINTERMUTE, a suspended member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby disbarred from the practice of law, effective from the date of this judgment and order, for conduct in violation of her duties and obligations as a lawyer, as disclosed in the Disciplinary Commission Report.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with all applicable provisions of Rule 72, Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona, and that she should promptly inform this Court of her 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).
TO:
Susan G. Wintermute, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
Maret Vessella, Bar Counsel
Lauren E. Eiler, 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)
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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