Opinion ID: 2334867
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Arizona Disciplinary Proceeding

Text: The Arizona Court's disciplinary order was based upon a Hearing Officer's Report (hereinafter Arizona Report). See Statement of Bar Counsel, Appendix C. The Arizona Report reveals that the parties filed a Tender of Admissions and Agreement for Discipline by Consent (Tender of Admissions) and a Joint Memorandum in Support of Agreement for Discipline by Consent (Joint Memorandum). Arizona Report, p. 1. Significantly, the Hearing Officer reports that the Tender of Admissions and the Joint Memorandum contain Respondent's description of the circumstances (financial, emotional and medical) that led to the period in Respondent's life when all of the problems at issue here arose. Arizona Report, p. 30. The two documents, however, are not part of the record in this reciprocal matter. They were, in fact, sealed during the Arizona hearing at the request of Respondent and with the agreement of the State Bar. Id. The Arizona Court, taking note of the absence of any discretionary review and declining a sua sponte review, entered the disciplinary sanction recommended by the Hearing Officer without material alteration. Statement of Bar Counsel, Attachment B.