Supreme Court No. SB-09-0039-DSupreme Court of Arizona.
June 29, 2009
Disciplinary Commission No. 07-1808.
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 LAURA ANN VALADE PRICHARD a member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty days, effective thirty days 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 the provisions of Rule 72, Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona, including, but not limited to, Rule 72(a), which requires that Respondent notify all of her clients, within ten days from the date hereof, of her inability to represent them 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 pursuant to Rule 60(b), the State Bar of Arizona is granted judgment against LAURA ANN VALADE PRICHARD for costs and expenses of these proceedings in the amount of $878.50, together with interest at the legal rate from the date of this judgment.
DATED this ________ day of ____________, 2009.
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TO:
Laura Ann Valade Prichard, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)
Mark D. Rubin, Respondent’s Counsel
Jason B. Easterday, Bar Counsel
David H. Lieberthal, Hearing Officer 9H
Leticia V. D’Amore, Disciplinary Clerk (Cert. Copy)
Sandra Montoya, Lawyer Regulation Records Manager, State Bar of Arizona (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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