In Re a Member of the State Bar of Arizona, Jones

OPINION

MOELLER, Justice.

The Disciplinary Commission recommended that attorney Philip Jones (Respondent) be disbarred from the practice of law and make restitution to his defrauded client. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 17A A.R.S.Sup.Ct.Rules, Rule 53(e).

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A client retained Respondent in connection with the client’s acquisition of some property that had sustained a fire loss covered by insurance. Respondent received the insurance proceeds on behalf of his client, but ignored his client’s directions to pay the proceeds to a third party. Instead, Respondent…