HANCOCK v. O'NEIL

No. CV-21-0145-SA.

515 P.3d 695 (2022)

Graeme HANCOCK, Petitioner, v. Hon. William J. O'NEIL, Presiding Disciplinary Judge, Respondent Judge, State Bar of Arizona, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed August 29, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominic E. Draye (argued), Andrew F. Halaby , William E. Eye , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Graeme Hancock.

David L. Sandweiss , Senior Bar Counsel (argued), Kelly J. Flood , David E. Wood , State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, Attorneys for State Bar of Arizona

J. Scott Rhodes, In Propria Persona, Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae J. Scott Rhodes.

CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL authored the Opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER and JUSTICES BOLICK, LOPEZ, BEENE, MONTGOMERY, and PELANDER (Retired) joined.


¶1 In this special action, we are asked to decide whether offensive issue preclusion applies in attorney disciplinary proceedings. The Arizona Rules of the Supreme Court governing attorney discipline give preclusive effect to two types of prior judgments in attorney disciplinary matters: (1) criminal...

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