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

OPINION

SHELLEY, Court of Appeals Judge * , Division One.

The Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court (Commission) recommended that William C. Loftus (Respondent) be suspended for a period of two years with credit for time spent on voluntary suspension. Respondent filed a timely appeal from the recommendations of the Commission. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 53(e), Arizona Rules of the Supreme Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in Arizona in 1962. He later began abusing alcohol and, as a result, neglected his law practice. The State…