Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct ("Ethics Committee")
Mission
The Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct ("Ethics
Committee"), having been created by the Board of Governors of the
State Bar of Arizona (the "State Bar") as a means of providing
assistance to the State Bar and its members in the resolution of
questions of professional ethics arising from time to time, shall
provide non-binding ethical guidance to and for the benefit of
Arizona lawyers. Ethical guidance may consist of formal or informal
written opinions or informal advice in response to inquiries
presenting questions of professional ethics with respect to the
inquiring lawyer's own contemplated future conduct. Such opinions
shall endeavor to construe and apply to the particular facts
presented in each such inquiry and then-controlling ethical
standards defining proper professional conduct of members of the
State Bar.
The controlling ethical standards defining proper professional
conduct of members of the State Bar include the Rules of
Professional Conduct, contained in Rule 42, Ariz. R. S. Ct., as
well as Rule 31, Ariz. R. S. Ct. (Regulation of the Practice of
Law); Rule 41, Ariz. R. S. Ct. (Duties and Obligations of Members);
and Rule 43, Ariz. R. S. Ct. (Trust Accounts).
SBA Committee Contact
Meg Kennedy
4201 N. 24th St., Ste. 200
Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
602.340.7236
Committee Procedural Guidelines
Committee Statement of Jurisdiction
Ethics Hotline: 602.340.7284