IN RE A SUSPENDED MEMBER OF BAR, RODGERS, SB-07-0128-D (Ariz. 8-23-2007)

IN THE MATTER OF A SUSPENDED MEMBER OF THE STATE BAR OF ARIZONA, DAVID D. RODGERS, Bar No. 014623 RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court No. SB-07-0128-DSupreme Court of Arizona.
August 23, 2007

Disciplinary Commission Nos. 05-1357, 06-0326, 06-0434.

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 DAVID D. RODGERS, a suspended member of the State Bar of Arizona, is hereby disbarred from the practice of law, 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 DAVID D. RODGERS shall be placed on probation for a period of two years upon reinstatement under terms and conditions to be determined at the time of reinstatement.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that DAVID D. RODGERS shall pay restitution in the following amounts to the following individual:

Louis Klein $18,409.03

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).

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TO:

David D. Rodgers, Respondent (Certified Mail, Return Receipt and Regular Mail)

Roberta L. Tepper, Bar Counsel

Mark S. Sifferman, Hearing Officer

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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