Filed on behalf of:
Robert M. Brutinel, Chair
On behalf of the Arizona Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts
Administrative Office of the Courts
1501 W. Washington, Suite 411
Phoenix, AZ 85007-3327
Phone: (602) 452-3325
[email protected] The petition proposes amendments to ER 1.16 (“declining or terminating representation”) and ER 3.3 (“candor toward the tribunal”), Comment 8, to ensure sufficient guidelines exist to help lawyers avoid improper presentation of digitally forged evidence to the court.
Filed: January 10, 2025
Would amend ER 1.16 and 3.3 (Rule 42 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Arizona) to provide guidelines to help lawyers avoid improper presentation of digitally forged evidence to a court.
Comments must be submitted by no later than Thursday, May 1, 2025, and any reply by a petitioner must be submitted no later than Monday, June 2, 2025.