Arizona Attorney - December 2015

SANCTIONED ATTORNEYS

JOHN R. AUGUSTINE, JR.

Bar No. 013743; File No. 15-0924

PDJ No. 2015-9072

By final judgment and order dated Sept. 14, 2015, the presiding disciplinary judge accepted an agreement for discipline by consent by which John R. Augustine, Jr., Phoenix, was suspended for six months and one day. Mr. Augustine also was assessed the costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceeding in the amount of $1,200.

Mr. Augustine was involved in a domestic altercation with his father on Nov. 4, 2014. A police investigation concluded that Mr. Augustine had a gun, threatened his father, pushed his father to the floor, and discharged the firearm into the ground outside of his father’s home. Augustine pled guilty to disorderly conduct, a class- 6 un-

Recertification

Michael V. Black Robert J. Campos David Michael Cantor Todd K. Coolidge Tom Crowe Kristen M. Curry Clark L. Derrick Alfred S. Donau III Bruce Feder Stacey F. Gottlieb Gregory J. Kuykendall Todd E. Nolan Chad Eric Pajerski Raymond V. Panzarella Rick D. Poster Robin I. Puchek Stephen G. Ralls Anders V. Rosenquist Jr.

John M. Sears Joseph P. St. Louis Michael Terribile Marc J. Victor

Estate and Trust Law

Initial Certification

Laura Morrison Trujillo Ronald Zack

Recertification

Kevin F. Kinghorn Timothy A. Olcott Michael J. Tucker Mark J. Valentine

Family Law

Initial Certification

James Lyman Cork II Carissa K. Seidl Sheri D. Shepard Michael J. Shew Russell F. Wenk

Recertification

James S. Bruce Jr.

Annette T. Burns DeeAn Gillespie Strub Dana M. Levy Pamela A. Liberty Leonard J. Mark Suzan V. Pearlstein Daniel J. Siegel Stephen Roy Smith James F. Wees John R. Zarzynski

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Initial Certification

David Wattel

Recertification

David M. Bell
Mark P. Breyer
James R. Broening
Charles E. Buri
Thomas P. Gannon
Michael W. Herzog
Harry L. Howe
John H. Ishikawa
Peter C. Kelly II
Jeffrey Boyd Miller
Dorothy Q. Paine
Lloyd L. Rabb III
Louis T. Seletos
Richard W. Shapiro
W. Daniel Shelton
Terry P. Thompson
Nicholas E. Vakula
Jerald R. Wilson

Real Estate Law

Initial Certification

Carl R. Sammartino

Recertification

Clare H. Abel Andrew Abraham Robert G. Anderson Stephen Aron Benson James F. Byrne Jr.

Gary A. Drummond Paul D. Ellsworth James C. Frisch Keith L. Hendricks Steven A. Hirsch Craig T. Irish Robert J. Itkin Barrett L. Kime Daniel L. Kloberdanz J. Gregory Lake Richard V. Mack Thomas J. McDonald Thomas M. Pace Dale S. Zeitlin Lynn T. Ziolko

CERTIFIED SPECIALISTS

Tax Law

Recertification

John A. Beaver Jr.

Gerald F. Ehrlich Robert L. Lane Ilene L. McCauley Richard C. Onsager Gregory A. Robinson

Workers’ Compensation Law

Initial Certification Rachel Brozina Matthew C. Fendon Joseph Lodge

Recertification

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LAWYER REGULATION

designated felony, and to a domestic violence offense. The court sentenced Mr. Augustine to two years of probation.

There were two aggravating factors: prior disciplinary offenses and illegal conduct. The sole mitigating factor was imposition of other penalties or sanctions. Mr. Augustine violated Rule 42, ARIZ.R.S.CT., ER

8. 4(b).

BRENDAN M. BURNS

Bar No. 022833; File No. 14-2541

PDJ No. 2015-9038

By judgment and order dated Aug.
25, 2015, the presiding disciplinary
judge accepted an agreement for
discipline by consent by which
Brendan M. Burns, Phoenix, was
reprimanded. Mr. Burns also was as-
sessed $1,200 in costs and expenses
of the disciplinary proceeding, and
was placed on probation for two
years requiring participation in the
State Bar’s Member Assistance Pro-
gram.

While his divorce was pending
Mr. Burns, on multiple occasions,
violated an order of protection his
wife obtained by repeatedly calling
her and by entering the family resi-
dence in violation of the temporary
orders to which the parties stipulat-
ed under Rule 47, ARIZ.R.FAM.L.P.
On one occasion while Burns ar-
gued with his wife, he held a knife
to his stomach and asked her to stab
him. Their 8-year-old daughter en-
tered the room while this occurred.
On another occasion Burns texted
his wife that someone “keyed the
fxxk out of your car.” He asserted
Fifth Amendment protections when
the police interviewed him about
the damage. Mrs. Burns reported
that Burns never threatened her
and she did not fear for her person-
al safety. Burns pled guilty to mis-
demeanor Criminal Trespass (First
Degree) in Pima County Consoli-
dated Justice Court and was placed
on one year of probation requiring
him to attend an offender treatment
program. Mr. Burns also pled guilty
in Pima County Superior Court to
misdemeanor Criminal Trespass and
was placed on two years of proba-
tion effective Dec. 17, 2014.