Arizona State Bar: Only Disbarment Will Repair Damage Thomas Caused

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Attorneys seeking the disbarment of former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and one of his deputies say in written closing arguments filed today that no other penalty for the former prosecutors will repair the damage they caused.

Independent Bar Counsel John Gleason, who represents the State Bar of Arizona in the disciplinary proceedings, contends in the 32- page closing argument that Thomas and former Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon were blind to justice as they became obsessed with retaliating against Thomas' enemies in county government, "causing multiple conflicts of interest, dishonesty in documents they filed in court, and the filing of criminal charges without any evidence that a crime had been committed."

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Arizona State Bar: Only Disbarment Will Repair Damage Thomas Caused

"About a year after Thomas assumed office as County Attorney, it became clear that he had lost all objectivity about his...

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