In Re A Member of State Bar of Arizona

Charges were filed on December 19, 1960, against Respondent, W. Roy Tribble, a member of the State Bar of Arizona, charging him with violation of Section 27 of the Canons of Professional Ethics entitled "Advertising, Direct or Indirect", and Section 28 of the Canons of Professional Ethics entitled "Stirring Up Litigation, Directly or Through Agents". At a hearing before the Local Administrative Committee, District No. 4, held on February 11, 1961, the Committee found that the Respondent sent a letter to a person involved in an accident, advising the person that Respondent was an attorney with special proficiency in such cases, was a witness to the accident, and offering to handle the case if the person had no other attorney. At the hearing Respondent appeared with counsel and admitted the authorship and the sending of the letter in question. The Committee felt Respondent regretted his action and had not engaged in any similar practice since the sending of the letter. It was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that no disciplinary action other than a public reprimand be taken against the Respondent.