Arizona Supreme Court won't alter laws for lawyers in marijuana matters
The Arizona Supreme Court won't repeal rules that threaten lawyers with disbarment if they help clients get, sell or use marijuana legally under a 2010 voter-approved law.
The high court rejected without comment a petition that would legally allow lawyers to help clients deal with the Arizona law that allows certain individuals to possess and certain businesses to sell and grow marijuana. The justices gave no reason for their decision.
In doing so, the court is affirming existing rules that forbid lawyers from assisting clients "in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal.''
That is significant: While the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act makes marijuana legal for some, the sale, possession and use of the drug remain a felony for all under federal law.
Attorney Patricia Sallen, who urged the high court to alter the rules, said it leaves lawyers at risk
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