Nevada Supreme Court, 2014

In Re: Discipline of Toni L. Christiani

In Re: Discipline of Toni L. Christiani
Nevada Supreme Court · Decided September 24, 2014

In Re: Discipline of Toni L. Christiani

Opinion

petition and she was ultimately disbarred. Christiani did not self-report this discipline to the Nevada State Bar as required by SCR 114.

SCR 114 mandates the imposition of identical reciprocal discipline unless one of four exceptions applies. We conclude that one of the four exceptions exists in this matter, specifically, that the misconduct warrants different discipline in this state. SCR 114(4)(c). In particular, we conclude that disbarment is not warranted because disbarment in Nevada is not equivalent to the disbarment imposed on Christiani in California, as disbarment in Nevada is irrevocable while in California an attorney may seek reinstatement after five years. See SCR 102(1); California Rules of Procedure of State Bar, Rule 5.442(B).

Accordingly, we grant the petition for reciprocal discipline, but instead impose discipline in Nevada that is equivalent to the disbarment discipline imposed in California. Therefore, Christiani is hereby suspended from the practice of law for five years. 1 Christiani must petition this court for reinstatement pursuant to SCR 116.

1 We note that Christiani is currently suspended in Nevada for failure to pay her bar dues and that we previously imposed a two-year suspension based on reciprocal discipline with a condition that the suspension would not commence until Christiani resolved her bar dues suspension. The five-year suspension we now impose will not commence until after Christiani's two-year suspension is completed.

SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA (0) 1447A e It is so ORDERED. 2

CA.

Gibbons

I- ICA Pickering Hardesty

Parraguirre

Cherry Saitta

cc: David A. Clark, Bar Counsel Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada Toni L. Christiani Perry Thompson, Admissions Office, United States Supreme Court

2 This order constitutes our final disposition of this matter. Any additional proceedings concerning Christiani shall be filed under a new docket number.

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