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Andrew Mankowski (WSBA No. 22999, admitted 1993), of Glendale, Arizona, was suspended for six months, effective August 17, 2007, by order of the Washington State Supreme Court imposing reciprocal discipline in accordance with an order by the Supreme Court of the State of Arizona. This discipline was based on conduct involving the unauthorized practice of law and non-cooperation in a bar association investigation. For more information, see the State Bar of Arizona's Arizona Attorney (September 2007), available at: www.myazbar.org/azattorney/pdf_articles/0907lawreg.pdf.
Mr. Mankowski's conduct violated Arizona Revised Statutes (Ariz.R.S.Ct.) Rule 42, Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct ER 5.5, prohibiting a lawyer from practicing law in a jurisdiction in violation of the regulation of the legal profession of that jurisdiction or assisting another in doing so; ER 8.1(b), prohibiting a lawyer, in connection with a disciplinary matter, from knowingly failing to respond to a lawful demand for information from disciplinary authority; Ariz.R.S.Ct. Rule 31(c), stating that no member who is currently suspended or on disability inactive status and no former member who has been disbarred shall practice law in this state or represent in any way that he or she may practice law in this state; and Ariz.R.S.Ct. Rule 53(f), stating that the failure to furnish information or respond promptly to any inquiry or request from bar counsel, a hearing officer, the Board, the commission, or this court, made pursuant to these rules for information relevant to complaints, grievances, or matters under investigation concerning the conduct of a lawyer, or failure to assert the ground for refusing to do so, constitutes grounds for discipline.
Felice P. Congalton represented the Bar Association. Mr. Mankowski represented himself. |