Mr Steven H Elowitz, Attorney
Steven H Elowitz 
- Law School: James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona 1981
- Status: Suspended
- Licensed: 43 years
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| James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona | Law School | 1981 |
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| Arizona | 1981 |
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AZ State Lawyer Additional Information: More About: Mr. Steven H Elowitz, Educated at U of Arizona, admitted to practice in 1981, admitted to the State Bar of Arizona May 16, 1981. Discipline Date: 03/07/1994 Discipline Activity: Disbarment Discipline Detail: BY SUPREME COURT ORDER DATED FEBRUARY 4, 1994, STEVEN H. ELOWITZ WAS DISBARRED FOR CONDUCT IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST ELOWITZ CONCERNED THREE SEPARATE MATTERS ALLEGING LACK OF COMPETENCE, LACK OFDILIGENCE AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION, VIOLATING RULES 42 AND 51, ARIZ.R.S.CT. ADDITIONAL COUNTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ADDED WHICH DEALT WITH MR. ELOWTIZ' CONDUCT AT BOTH THE INVESTIGATIVE AND HEARING STAGES OF THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. THESE COUNTS INCLUDED DISHONESTY AND FAILURE TO COOPERATE IN THE COURSE OF THE BAR PROCEEDINGS. COUNT ONE: RESPONDENT WAS RETAINED BY A CLIENT IN MARCH, 1988 TO HANDLE THE PROBATE ON HER HUSBAND'S ESTATE, FOR WHICH SHE PAID Professional Liability Insurance: Unknown More About: Mr. Steven H Elowitz , Educated at U of Arizona, admitted to practice in 1981, admitted to the State Bar of Arizona May 16, 1981. Year Admitted To Practice In: 1981,100.00. IN THE ENSUING MONTHS, RESPONDENT ASSURED THE CLIENT THAT THE PROBATE WAS PROGRESSING NORMALLY THAT AN ACCOUNTANT WAS HANDLING THE ESTATE TAXES; THAT THE ESTATE HAD CLEARED PROBATE, AND THAT ONLY THE TAXES HAD TOBE COMPLETED. IN MARCH OF 1990, THE CLIENT LEARNED THAT NONE OF THIS WAS TRUE. SHE ALSO FOUND THAT CHECKS RELATING TO THE ESTATE HAD BEEN PLACED IN A FILE AND NOT INTO AN ACCOUNT. THE CLIENT THEN OBTAINED NEW COUNSEL. COUNT TWO: RESPONDENT WAS RETAINED BY A CLIENT IN JANUARY, 1988 TO REMOVE HER LATE HUSBAND'S NAME FROM THEIR JOINT TENANCY PROPERTY, FOR WHICH SHE PAID 0.00. A LETTER THE CLIENT SENT TO RESPONDENT IN THE SPRING OF 1990 REQUESTING THAT HE CONCLUDE THE MATTER IMMEDIATELY WENT UNANSWERED. RESPONDENT NEVER REMOVED HER HUSBAND'S NAME FROM THE PROPERTY.COUNT THREE: RESPONDENT WAS RETAINED IN FEBRUARY, 1989 BY A SON AND DAUGHTER TO HANDLE THE PROBATE OF THEIR DECEASED PARENTS' ESTATES. IN MAY, 1990, RESPONDENT FILED APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR EACH OF THE DECEASED PARENTS; HOWEVER, NEITHER APPLICATION NAMED THE DAUGHTER AS AN HEIR. RESPONDENT ADMITTED THE ERROR, BUT NEVER MADE THE CORRECTION. IN DECEMBER, 1990, THE DAUGHTER HIRED HER OWN COUNSEL. IN MAY,1990, RESPONDENT RECEIVED A CHECK FROM A TITLE COMPANY, WHICH REPRESENTED THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE PARENTS' HOME AND PROPERTY. THE CHECK WAS NEVER DEPOSITED, ALTHOUGH RESPONDENT TOLD THE CLIENT THAT IT HAD BEEN DEPOSITED IN AN INTEREST-BEARING ACCOUNT. IN SEPTEMBER, 1991, THE CHECK, THEN OVER ONE YEAR OLD, WAS REISSUED AND DEPOSITED. WHENRESPONDENT, ON REQUEST, WITHDREW AS ATTORNEY, HE HELD THE CLIENT'S FILE FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO THE NEW COUNSEL. THE FILE CONTAINED UNPAID BILLS, AS WELL AS MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DEPOSITED.COUNT FOUR: IN JUNE, 1987, RESPONDENT WAS RETAINED TODEFEND A CLIENT IN A DUI CASE, FOR WHICH HE WAS PAID AN INITIAL 0.00. TWO MONTHS LATER, RESPONDENT TOLD HIS CLIENT, WHO WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, THAT HE HAD MISSED A COURT DATE AND THAT HE WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 0.00 TO CONTINUE HANDLING THE CASE. THE CLIENT PAID THE FEE, BUT RESPONDENT DID NOTHING FURTHER ON HIS BEHALF. IN OCTOBER, 1989, THE CLIENT PAID AN ADDITIONAL 0.00 TO RESPONDENT. IN 1991, AS RESPONDENT HAD DONE NOTHING FURTHER ON BEHALF OFHIS CLIENT, THE CLIENT OBTAINED NEW COUNSEL. RESPONDENT DID NOT OFFER ANY REFUND OF THESE FEES.COUNT FIVE: THIS COUNT CONCERNS NUMEROUS MISREPRESENTATIONS MADE BY RESPONDENT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THESE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. RESPONDENT GAVE FALSE TESTIMONY THROUGHOUT HIS DEPOSITION; REFUSED TO RESPOND TO THE STATE BAR AND THE HEARING COMMITTEE, AND EXHIBITED A COMPLETE LACK OF COOPERATION THROUGHOUT THESE PROCEEDINGS. COUNT SIX: THIS COUNT CONCERNS RESPONDENT'S CONDUCT IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF COUNT THREE. RESPONDENT SIGNED HIS CLIENT'S NAME ON SEVERAL DOCUMENTS, THEN NOTARIZED THE FALSE SIGNATURES USING HIS SECRETARY'S NOTARY SEAL. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO INDUCE HIS SECRETARY TO FALSELY TESTIFY THAT HAD NOTARIZED THE SIGNATURES. THE SECRETARY DID FALSELY TESTIFY AT HER DESPOSITION, AND TOLD RESPONDENT THAT SHE HAD DONE SO. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE OBTAINED HER OWN COUNSEL, WHO OBTAINED FOR HER A GRANT OF IMMUNITYFROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. SHE THEN RECANTED HER DEPOSITION TESTIMONY. DESPITE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTROVERT HIS SECRETARY'S TESTIMONY, RESPONDENT DID NOT DO SO. THE HEARING COMMITTEE FOUND THE FOLLOWING AGGRAVATING FACTORS: DISHONEST OR SELFISH MOTIVE; PATTERN OF MISCONDUCT MULTIPLE OFFENSES; BAD FAITH OBSTRUCTION OF THE DISICPLINARY PROCEEDING; SUBMISSION OF FALSE EVIDENCE AND FALSE STATEMENTS; REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WRONGFUL NATURE OF THE CONDUCT AND INDIFFERENCE TO MAKING RESTITUTION. ELOWITZ' CONDUCT WAS IN VIOLATION OF ERS 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a) AND (b), 1.15, 8.1(a), 8.4(a), (b), (c), AND (d).ADDITIONALLY, BY FAILING TO COOPERATE WITH THE STATE BAR'S INVESTIGATION, RESPONDENT VIOLATED ER 8.1(b) AND RULES 51(h) AND (i). ELOWITZ WAS ORDERED TO PAY ,686.83 IN RESTITUTION, AND COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE STATE BAR IN THE AMOUNT OF ,268.25.");">Case: 90-0533, Charges: 4 08/05/92 Suspension - interim BY SUPREME COURT ORDER DATED AUGUST 5, 1992, STEVEN H.ELOWITZ WAS PLACED ON INTERIM SUSPENSION, PURSUANT TO RULE 52(c), ARIZ.R.S.CT. MR. ELOWITZ WAS SUSPENDED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES IN JUNE OF 1992. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE STATE BAR ALLEGING THAT RESPONDENT HAD CONTINUED TO ACCEPT FEES SUBSEQUENT TO THAT DATE, AND HAD NOT INFORMED HIS CLIENTS OF HIS SUSPENSION. MOREOVER, HE HAD BEEN INACCESSIBLE TO HIS CLIENTS FOR AT LEAST THREE WEEKS, AND HAD NOT PAID OFFICE RENT FOR FOUR MONTHS. HIS OFFICE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN ABANDONED, AND HE FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE STATE BAR'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MATTER.");">Case: 92-1255, Charges: 1 This website does not display all lawyer sanctions, such as admonitions/informal reprimands, or any pending formal proceedings. Contact the State Bar of Arizona at 602.340.7384 or use the lawyer history form to confirm the lawyer¡¯s entire record. AZ State Lawyer Additional Information: Discipline: Disbarment Discipline Date: 03/07/1994
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Update Date: 2023-05-16
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