Attorney Richard Lee of Phoenix, AZ; rubber check afficianado

The state of Arizona presented Richard Lee with a law license in 1977 after he graduated from Arizona State University School of Law.

The Arizona State Bar found Dick guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Failed to maintain the required copies of trust account records
• Failed to respond to the trust account examiner’s inquiries
• Made erroneous disbursements
• Took no action to replenish funds missing from the trust account
• Dick was the court-appointed arbitrator in a civil case  
• He conducted the arbitration hearing but failed to issue a notice of decision contrary to rules of procedure and a court order to do so
• Engaged in pattern of misconduct
• Failed to maintain respect due courts of justice and judicial officers
• Knowingly disobeyed an obligation under the rules of a tribunal (Up yours, said Dick!)
• Failed to safeguard client funds
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Dick!)
• Failed to adhere to IOLTA rules resulting in four insufficient funds notices (aka, rubber checks)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Arizona Supreme Court punished Dick by gifting him with a complimentary 90-day suspension of his law license and assessed $1,350.88 in investigative costs.

As we speak (ca. December 2023), Dick practices his so-called practice of law with Community Legal Services in Phoenix, Arizona.