Legal Opinion
Matter of Spear
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 1989No. SB-88-0009-DPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.
In this case we again deal with an attorney’s duty to fulfill his ethical obligations while engaging in for-profit business trans actions with his client. As in too many similar cases, the attorney’s conduct did not comply with the demands of our ethical rules, and we must impose discipline. We have jurisdiction under Ariz. Const, art. 3 and art. 6, §§ (3) and (5), and Rules 46(a), 52, and 53(e), Ariz.R.Sup.Ct., 17A A.R.S. (1988).
I. PROCEDURE
A. Proceedings Below
The State Bar of Arizona charged respondent, Donald B. Spear, Jr., with violating three disciplinary…
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