Opinion ID: 4530412
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Heading: Ethical Misconduct

Text: ¶20 Rule 41(g) provides that the duties and obligations of Bar members shall be “[t]o avoid engaging in unprofessional conduct and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or a witness unless required by the duties to a client or the tribunal.” “Unprofessional conduct, as defined by Rule 31(a)(2)(E), during the practice of law may result in discipline pursuant to Rule[] 41(g) . . . .” Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 41, cmt. 1 (2016). ¶21 Rule 31(a)(2)(E) defines “[u]nprofessional conduct” as “substantial or repeated violations of the Oath of Admission to the Bar [“the Oath”] or the Lawyer’s Creed of Professionalism of the State Bar of Arizona [“the Creed”].” The Oath provides, 1There is no evidence that the Bar received or acted on the court of appeals’ referral in Beemon. 7 IN RE JUAN M. MARTINEZ Opinion of the Court in relevant part, that lawyers “will avoid engaging in unprofessional conduct,” “will not advance any fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness” unless required by their duties to their client or the tribunal, “will support the fair administration of justice” and “professionalism among lawyers,” and “will at all times faithfully and diligently adhere to the rules of professional responsibility and A Lawyer’s Creed of Professionalism.” The Creed provides that, in representing a client, a lawyer must be cognizant that “unprofessional conduct is detrimental to the proper functioning of our