784- 85, 895 P.2d 646, 650 (1995) (explicitly including resignation with
discipline pending as an action that an attorney must report to the State
Bar). After he resigned in California, Parsa requested that the Nevada
State Bar place him on inactive status pursuant to SCR 98(6). When the
State Bar learned of Parsa's resignation with discipline pending and his
criminal conviction in California, it petitioned this court for Parsa's
temporary suspension. This court temporarily suspended Parsa on
November 16, 2011, and referred the matter to the Southern Nevada
Disciplinary Board for the commencement of formal disciplinary
proceedings. Parsa and thefl State Bar then entered into a conditional
guilty plea agreement in exchange for a stated form of discipline. The
agreement provides for a suspension of two years, retroactive to the
November 16, 2011, date of Parsa's temporary suspension. The parties
also agreed that Parsa is to pay the costs of the disciplinary proceedings,
excluding salaries of Bar Counsel and staff.
Based on our review of the record, we conclude that Parsa
committed the violations to which he pleaded guilty. Accordingly, we
approve the stated form of discipline See SCR 113(1). Parsa is hereby
suspended for two years, retroactive to November 16, 2011, and assessed
the cost of the disciplinary proceedings. Because his suspension is longer
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than six months, Parsa must petition the State Bar for reinstatement to
the practice of law. SCR 116. The State Bar shall comply with SCR 121.1.
It is so ORDERED.
, C.J.
Gibbons
Haraesty
J.
Parraguirre
J.
Cherry
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DOUGLAS, J., with whom SAITTA, J., agrees, dissenting:
In requesting a transfer to inactive status without informing
the State Bar of either his criminal conviction or his resignation from the
California bar with discipline pending, Parsa demonstrated a serious lack
of candor, which I believe warrants more severe discipline than that set
forth in the conditional guilty plea agreement. I would reject the
agreement and remand for further proceedings before the panel.
Therefore, I dissent.
J.
Douglas
I concur:
J.
Saitta
cc: David A. Clark, Bar Counsel
James M. Parsa
Jeffrey R. Albregts, Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board
Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada
Perry Thompson, Admissions Office. United States Supreme Court
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