Wren, In re, 6077
| Decision Date | 28 June 1955 |
| Docket Number | No. 6077,6077 |
| Parties | In the Matter of K. Donald WREN, a Member of the State Bar of Arizona. |
| Court | Arizona Supreme Court |
Lloyd Andrews, Phoenix, for respondent.
Carl Muecke, Phoenix, Representing State Bar of Arizona.
On June 1, 1955 there was filed in this court the recommendation of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Arizona that Mr. K. Donald Wren, a duly licensed and practicing member of the State Bar of Arizona, be reprimanded for unethical conduct in his practice as a lawyer. This recommendation adopted and approved the findings and recommendation of the local administrative committee for district No. 4, which had theretofore conducted a formal hearing upon written charges, and an order to show cause directed to Wren commanding him to show cause before the committee as to why he should not be disciplined.
The charges were:
Respondent filed no written answer to these charges but in response to the order to show cause personally appeared and was represented by counsel, as was the State Bar. Evidence both oral and documentary was received in support of the charges. Respondent offered himself as a witness-denied charges 1 and 2 and admitted the truth of charges 3, 4 and 5. Respondent readily admitted his serious dereliction in failing to appear and represent his client and the inconvenience caused to the court. He did not attempt to excuse his conduct but by way of explanation as to why he had failed showed the committee that over a period of ten years he had been a chronic alcoholic, and laid special emphasis on his pronounced alcoholic condition during the summer of 1953. He laid great stress on the fact that he was endeavoring to quit drinking and rehabilitate himself. In this behalf he testified that for a period of approximately two and one-half months prior to May 15, 1954 (the date of the hearing before the committee) he had not had a drink. He also testified that he had joined an organization known as Alcoholics Anonymous, an organization of former alcoholics...
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