Mr. Robert M Yates, Attorney
Robert M Yates 
- Law School: James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona 1979
- Status: Suspended
- Licensed: 44 years
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AZ State Lawyer Additional Information: ,680.88, together with interest at the legal rate, in this matter.Mr. Yates was summarily suspended on April 28, 2000 for non-payment of dues. He was reinstated on July 13, 2000. Mr. Yates was summarily suspended on June 14, 2000 for non-compliance with MCLE and was reinstated on July 13, 2000. Mr. Yates was summarily suspended on April 20, 2001 for non-payment of dues and remains suspended.In Count One, Mr. Yates represented the City of Coolidge as a City Attorney. Mr. Yates appeared as counsel on behalf of his client on at least two occasions at city council meetings while he was suspended from the practice of law. Mr. Yates engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when he appeared at these meetings while suspended. Mr. Yates further failed to advise his client that he was suspended prior to appearing at a city council meeting on June 26, 2000. Mr. Yates knowingly made misrepresentations to his client and the public concerning his suspension and the grounds for the suspension at a meeting held on July 10, 2000. At this meeting, and after being asked specifically about his membership status with the State Bar, Mr. Yates advised the city council that the State Bar had made a mistake in suspending him as the State Bar got him mixed up with a Robert Yates who lives in Chandler. Mr. Yates claimed that he had straightened the matter out and had been reinstated. These statements were false as Mr. Yates was not reinstated until July 13, 2000.In Count Two, Mr. Yates was advised by the State Bar by letter dated July 3, 2000 of the charges in this matter and was asked to provide a written response. Mr. Yates failed to respond to the State Bar or cooperate in its investigation of this matter. In Count Three, Mr. Yates failed to notify opposing counsel that he was suspended from the practice of law. Further, Mr. Yates asked opposing counsel to continue depositions due to Mr. Yates trial schedule, when in fact, he could not have conducted the depositions as scheduled because he was suspended. Mr. Yates knowingly made misrepresentations to opposing counsel during a telephone conversation on June 23, 2000 regarding his suspension and the circumstances surrounding the suspension. Mr. Yates knowingly made misrepresentations to the court and opposing counsel during a hearing on July 5, 2000 when he told the court and opposing counsel that he had been reinstated when he had not. In fact, as of July 5, 2000 Mr. Yates had still failed to pay his dues. The court ordered Mr. Yates to file proof of his reinstatement within five days. Mr. Yates engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when he appeared at the hearing on July 5, 2000 while he was suspended from the practice of law.In Count Four, Mr. Yates was advised by the State Bar by letters dated July 21, 2000 and July 26, 2000 of the charges in this matter and was asked to provide a written response. Mr. Yates failed to respond to the State Bar or cooperate in its investigation of this matter. The Hearing Officer found six aggravating factors pursuant to the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, section 9.22: (b) dishonest or selfish motive, (c) pattern of misconduct, (d) multiple offenses, (e) bad faith obstruction of the disciplinary proceeding by intentionally failing to comply with rules or orders of the disciplinary agency and (i) substantial experience in the practice of law. The Hearing Officer found one mitigating factor found pursuant to Section 9.32 of the ABA Standards: (a) absence of prior disciplinary record. However, on August 31, 2001, a final Judgment and Order was entered in File No. 99-1645, suspending Mr. Yates for six months and one day and ordering him to pay costs and restitution. The Hearing Officer considered this Order but determined the Order did not become final until after the conduct in this case occurred. Based on the final Judgment and Order in File No. 99-1645, the Commission found de novo the aggravating factor of 9.22(a) (prior disciplinary record), gave little weight to this as an aggravating factor, and then found no mitigating factors were present. Mr. Yates¡¯ conduct violat" Rule 42, Ariz.R.S.Ct., particularly, ER 1.4(b), ER 3.3, ER 3.4(c), ER 4.1, ER 5.5, ER 8.1(b), and ER 8.4(c) and (d) and Rules 31(a)(3) and 51(e), (f), (h), (i) and (k), Ariz. R. S. Ct.");'>Case: 00-1293, Charges: 2 08/31/01 Suspension - long term ROBERT M. YATESFile No.: 99-1645 By Supreme Court Judgment and Order dated August 31, 2001, Robert M. Yates, 8370 Encanto Lane, Arizona City, Arizona 85223 was suspended for six months and one day effective from the date of the Judgment for conduct in violation of his duties and obligations as a lawyer. Mr. Yates was also ordered to pay restitution to one client in the amount of 0.00 and to reimburse the Client Protection Fund for any claims paid by the Fund. Mr. Yates was ordered to pay costs and expenses in the amount of AZ State Lawyer Additional Information: ,519.50 incurred during the proceedings, together with interest at the legal rate from the date of the judgment.Mr. Yates was summarily suspended on April 28, 2000, for non-payment of dues and again on June 14, 2000, for non-compliance with mandatory continuing legal education. He was reinstated for both on July 13, 2000. Mr. Yates was again placed on summary suspension for non-payment of dues on April 20, 2001, and he remains suspended.In Count One, Mr. Yates was hired to represent a party in establishing a domestic water improvement district in May 1999. Mr. Yates failed to act diligently and to take action to expedite the litigation by delaying to file the client¡¯s petitions. Furthermore, Mr. Yates failed to communicate with his client by failing to return the client¡¯s calls and made misrepresentations to the client that the petitions had been filed. Mr. Yates¡¯ conduct was prejudicial to the administration of justice. When his client terminated the representation, the client made several attempts to retrieve their file; however, when the client finally obtained it after a hearing date, it only contained a copy of a letter written to a client in another unrelated case from 1987. In "t Two, Mr. Yates failed to respond to the State Bar¡¯s investigation.There were four aggrav
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Arizona City, AZ 85223
