Matter of Horwitz

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

This bar disciplinary action began after Richard Alan Horwitz was convicted of two counts of negligent homicide. As a result of these convictions, this court placed Horwitz on interim suspension from the practice of law. Rule 52(c), Ariz.R.Sup.Ct. (hereinafter “Rule_”). This court’s Disciplinary Commission (“Commission”) recommended that Horwitz be disbarred, and he filed a timely notice of appeal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Rules 46(a) and 53(e) and Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5(3).

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