People v. Bauer.

No. 24PDJ072. Reciprocal Discipline. 9/12/2024.

November 1, 2024

The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ stipulation and publicly censured Davis Perry Bauer (attorney registration number 56130), with conditions. The public censure took effect on September 12, 2024.

This reciprocal discipline case arose out of discipline imposed on Bauer by the Arizona Supreme Court’s Attorney Discipline Probable Cause Committee, which issued an order of admonition with probationary conditions. The order issued on June 18, 2024. Bauer’s discipline was premised on his decision to send demand letters on his client’s behalf to a court-appointed advisor’s lawyer, the Department of Child Safety, the opposing counsel in a family law case, a therapeutic interventionist, and a court-appointed psychologist without sufficiently researching the validity of the allegations in the letters, including unsubstantiated allegations of terrorism and other spurious claims. In the letters, Bauer requested that the recipients change their opinions or recommendations to the family court presiding in his client’s case; in exchange, Bauer stated that he and his client would not proceed with a lawsuit against the recipients.

Through this conduct, Bauer engaged in conduct constituting grounds for reciprocal discipline under CRCP 242.21, which calls for imposition of the same discipline as that imposed in Arizona.