Gaining Insight

An Arizona hearing officer has filed a report that recommends a public censure and one-year probation for lack of diligence and failure to adequately communicate with a client in a dissolution matter. The attorney also had not responded to the Bar’s inquiry, in part because he had been “thrown from a horse, breaking multiple bones in his spine and several ribs.” The hearing officer felt the attorney had gained insight that would help avoid recurrences. The lawyer “agrees that he did not do his best work and dropped the ball on [the client’s] case.” (Mike Frisch)