Kali, Matter of
Decision Date | 16 January 1980 |
Docket Number | No. SB-49-4,SB-49-4 |
Parties | In the Matter of a Member of the State Bar of Arizona, David I. KALI, Respondent. |
Court | Arizona Supreme Court |
Lawrence M. Hecker, State Bar Counsel, Tucson, for petitioner.
David I. Kali, Tucson, in pro. per.
O'Dowd & Burke by Bruce A. Burke, Tucson, for respondent.
This is a proceedings for disciplinary action against David I. Kali, an attorney, pursuant to Rules 33 through 37, Rules of the Supreme Court, 17A A.R.S. Mr. Kali was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1969. On two prior occasions this Court has been called upon to measure Mr. Kali's conduct against the ethical standards for lawyers in Arizona. On March 19, 1974, this Court censured Mr. Kali for: (1) communicating directly with the opposing party in a domestic relations case, without the consent of the opposing party's counsel; and (2) obtaining defaults in two separate cases on the basis of the defaulting parties' failure to file a timely answer, although Mr. Kali had agreed to allow the parties extensions of time to answer.
On September 8, 1977, in the case of In Re Kali, 116 Ariz. 285, 569 P.2d 227, Mr. Kali was suspended from the practice of law in Arizona for a period of two years for violating several Disciplinary Rules governing conflicts of interest which arose when he arranged self-serving business dealings between two of his clients.
In the present case, the following are the pertinent findings of the Local Administrative Committee, hereinafter called "Committee":
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