“An Isolated Series Of Bad Choices”

An Arizona attorney who had been convicted of extreme DUI, leaving an accident scene and endangerment as a result of an accident with a motorcyclist was the subject of a bar discipline proceeding. A hearing officer’s proposed dismissal of the charges was not accepted and remanded by the Disciplinary Commission based on the hearing officer’s failure to accord conclusive weight to the underlying conviction. A new hearing officer has found misconduct, although the crimes were an “isolated series of extremely bad choices” and recommended a public censure and one year of probation. (Mike Frisch)