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-
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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.
There were two aggravating factors: a pattern of misconduct and
illegal conduct.
There were two mitigating factors: absence of a prior disciplinary
record and personal or emotional
problems.
Mr. Burns violated Rule 42,
ARIZ.R.S.C T., specifically ERs 3. 4(c)
and 8. 4(b).