Mr. Joseph W Charles, Attorney
Joseph W Charles
Family Law, Juvenile Law, Elder Law, Bankruptcy, Other, Trusts
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- Law School: Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
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AZ State Lawyer Additional Information: More About: Mr. Joseph W Charles, Educated at Arizona State, admitted to practice in 1972, admitted to the State Bar of Arizona September 23, 1972. Professional Liability Insurance: No Discipline Date: 04/21/2015 Discipline Activity: Probation Discipline Detail: Bar No. 003038SB-15-0010-RPDJ20139038By the Arizona Supreme Court¡¯s April 21, 2015, order, Joseph W. Charles, Phoenix, was reinstated to active membership in the State Bar effective the date of the order. Mr. Charles was placed on probation for two years.\";\'>Case: 13-9038, Charges: 1 04/21/15 Reinstatement Granted Bar No. 003038SB-15-0010-RPDJ20139038By the Arizona Supreme Court¡¯s April 21, 2015, order, Joseph W. Charles, Phoenix, was reinstated to active membership in the State Bar effective the date of the order. Mr. Charles was placed on probation for two years.\";\'>Case: 13-9038, Charges: 1 09/25/12 Suspension - long term Bar No. 003038PDJ File No. PDJ-2012-9055State Bar File Nos. 11-2291, 11-2298, 11-3089, 11-3683, 11-3905, and 12-0531By the presiding disciplinary judge¡¯s September 25, 2012, judgment and order, Joseph W. Charles, Glendale, a suspended member, was suspended for an additional six months from the date of the court¡¯s order. Mr. Charles was also ordered to participate in fee arbitration with clients in the subject files who file a petition for fee arbitration. If reinst\"d, Mr. Charles will be placed on two years of probation. He was also assessed the costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceeding. Mr. Charles was negligent in handling his trust account; engaged in a pattern of neglect of client matters; and failed to ensure that clients, opposing counsel, and the courts were aware of his prior suspensions in SB-10-0094-D and State Bar file no. 09-2452. Aggravating factors: prior disciplinary offenses, pattern of misconduct, multiple offenses, and substantial experience in the practice of law. No mitigating factors were found.Mr. Charles violated Rule 42, Ariz. R. Sup. Ct., specifically ERs 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5(a) and (d)(3), 1.15(a),(c) and (d), 1.16(d), and Rules 43(b)(2)(A), (B), (C), and (D), 43(b)(5), 43(d)(3), 54(d), 72(a), (b)(1), and (f), Ariz. R. Sup. Ct.\");\'>Case: 11-2291, Charges: 6 04/01/11 Suspension - long term Bar No. 003038File No. 09-2452By a March 2, 2011, order of the presiding disciplinary judge, Joseph W. Charles, PO Box 1737, Glendale, was suspended for six months and one day. If reinstated, Mr. Charles will be placed on probation for two years. He was also assessed the costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceeding involving file no. 09-2452. Parents hired Mr. Charles to represent their son in a criminal matter. Mr. Charles failed to conduct a retrospective analysis of the reasonableness of his ¡°earned upon receipt¡± fee when his services were terminated and very limited value was derived from the legal services he actually provided. Mr. Charles charged an ¡°earned upon receipt¡± fee without simultaneously advising the parents that they could nevertheless discharge him at any time and in that event might be entitled to a refund of all or part of the fee. Mr. Charles filed a frivolous civil lawsuit without a good-faith basis against them for fees he claimed to be owed.. Mr. Charles engaged in conduct involving misrepresentations by making a number of misleading statements to them and in the attachme\"o the civil complaintHis conduct also was prejudicial to the administration of justice. Mr. Charles perpetuated his misleading statements to the parents in correspondence to the State Bar. Aggravating factors: prior disciplinary offenses, pattern of misconduct, and substantial experience in the practice of law. No mitigating were found.Mr. Charles violated Rule 42, Ariz. R. Sup. Ct., specifically ERs 1.5(a) and (d)(3), 3.1, 8.1(a), 8.4(c), and (d).\");\'>Case: 09-2452, Charges: 1 11/29/10 Suspension - short term Bar No. 003038File Nos. 08-1748, 08-2179, 09-0061, 09-0221Supreme Court No. SB-10-0094-D By Arizona Supreme Court judgment and order, dated October 27, 2010, Joseph W. Charles, 5704 W. Palmaire, Glendale, AZ, was suspended for 60 days, effective 30 days from the date of the order. Mr. Charles represented a client in a suit against his apartment management company and a real estate company. The case went to arbitration and the arbitrator found against Mr. Charles¡¯ client and for the defendants. The arbitrator awarded attorney¡¯s fees of Professional Liability Insurance: Yes More About: Mr. Joseph W Charles , Educated at Arizona State, admitted to practice in 1972, admitted to the State Bar of Arizona September 23, 1972. Year Admitted To Practice In: 1972,000 and costs of 1 to the defendants. Following the decision, Mr. Charles sent a letter to defendant¡¯s attorney indicating his client would appeal the arbitration award but would settle with the litigation ending and neither party obtaining fees or costs. Although the parties attempted to settle, the time for appeal ran and defendants filed an application for entry of judgment. Mr. Charles filed an objection that made a negligent misrepresentation to the trial court when he failed to include a material letter in his effort to have the trial court overturn the properly entered judgment. Mr. Charles falsely stated that the material letter did not exist. Based on this misconduct, the hearing officer found that Mr. Charles engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. In determining the appropriate sanction, the hearing officer considered Mr. \"les¡¯ extensive discipline history, in particular SB-09-0029-D, in which he received a censure for violating ER 1.9(a), and SB-09-0100-D, in which he received a censure for violating ERs 1.3, 1.4, 3.4(c), 8.1(b), 8.4(c) and (d), and Rule 53(c) and (f). Two additional aggravating factors were found: a pattern of misconduct and substantial experience in the practice of law. One mitigating factor was found: character or reputation. Mr. Charles violated Rule 42, Ariz. R. Sup. Ct., ER 8.4(d).\";\'>Case: 08-1748, Charges: 4 10/15/09 Censure Bar No. 003038File Nos. 07-0302, 07-1663, 08-0478Supreme Court No. SB-09-0100-D By Arizona Supreme Court judgment and order dated October 15, 2009, Joseph W. Charles, 5704 W. Palmaire, Glendale, AZ, was censured. He was placed on probation for two years and must participate in the State Bars Law Office Management Assistance Program. He also was assessed the costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceedings. In count one, Mr. Charles was hired to represent a client in a child custody matter. At the conclusion of the proceedings, Mr. Charles filed a Motion for Contribution of Attorneys Fees on behalf of his client. Mr. Charles misrepresented to the court the findings regarding his clients income when the motion was filed. Mr. Charles also failed to respond to a demand by the State Bar for information and failed to furnish information. In count two, Mr. Charles was hired to represent a client in a probate matter. Mr. Charles failed to keep his client informed regarding the status of the matter and failed to act with reasonable promptness in probating the estate. Mr. Charles also failed to timely respond to the State Bars request for information. In count three, Mr. Charles represented a client in a dissolution and placed a lien on the marital residence for his attorney fees. The court ordered each party to pay their own attorney¡¯s fe\" after the marital residence had been sold and the net proceeds divided. Mr. Charles violated the court order when his fees were paid first pursuant to the lien rather than after the division of the proceeds. Mr. Charles also failed to timely respond to the State Bar¡¯s request for information. Four aggravating factors were found: prior disciplinary offenses, pattern of misconduct, multiple offenses and substantial experience in the practice of law. Two mitigating factors were found: character or reputation and remoteness of prior discipline. Mr. Charles violated Rule 42, Ariz. R. Sup. Ct., ERs 1.3, 1.4(a)(3), 3.4(c), 8.1(b) and 8.4(c) and (d), and Rule 53(f), Ariz. R. Sup. Ct.\";\'>Case: 07-0302, Charges: 3 06/01/09 Censure Bar No. 003038File Nos. 05-2002, 06-0303, 06-1314Supreme Court No. SB-09-0029-D By Arizona Supreme Court judgment and order dated June 1, 2009, Joseph W. Charles, 5704 W. Palmaire, Glendale, AZ, was censured. He was placed on probation for one year and is required to view the CLE video entitled ¡°Ten Deadly Sins of Conflict.¡± He was also assessed the costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceedings.Mr. Charles represented two co-personal representatives regarding the probate of their mother¡¯s estate. The primary asset of the estate was the decedent¡¯s home. Mr. Charles¡¯ representation was terminated with regard to one of the co-personal representatives after a conflict arose regarding the sale of the property. Mr. AZ State Lawyer Additional Information: Discipline: Probation Discipline Date: 04/21/2015 Professional Liability Insurance: No
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Update Date: 2017-05-02
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Glendale, AZ 85311