In Re: Discipline of Ameer Shah ( 2014 )

effective date of discipline and provide proof of attendance and passage of the session-end test to the Office of Probation; and take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) within one year of the effective date of discipline.' Shah was disciplined for failing to supervise his staff member and for failing to timely render appropriate accounts to a client. In so doing, Shah was found to have violated California Rule of Professional Conduct (RPC) 3-110(A), equivalent to Nevada RPC 1.1 (competence) 2; and California RPC 4-100(B)(3), equivalent to Nevada RPC 1.15 (safekeeping property). No aggravating factors were considered. The mitigating circumstances considered include Shah having no prior record of discipline, acting in good faith, acknowledging his misconduct, and cooperating with the State Bar. SCR 114(4) provides that this court shall impose identical reciprocal discipline unless the attorney demonstrates or this court finds that at least one of four factors is present: (1) the procedure in the other jurisdiction denied the attorney due process; (2) there was such an infirmity of proof of the misconduct in the other jurisdiction that this court cannot accept the other court's decision; (3) substantially different discipline is warranted in this state; or (4) the established misconduct does not constitute misconduct under the rules of this state. Discipline "Shah was also ordered to pay the costs of the disciplinary proceedings. Although the equivalent Nevada RPC is rule 1.1, Shah's conduct 2 would specifically violate Nevada RPC 5.3 (responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants). SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 2 (0) I947A att9P, elsewhere is res judicata, as SCR 114(5) provides that "[in all other respects, a final adjudication in another jurisdiction that an attorney has engaged in misconduct conclusively establishes the misconduct for the purposes of a disciplinary proceeding in this state." We are not persuaded that any of the exceptions apply to this case. We therefore grant the petition for reciprocal discipline Ameer Shah is hereby publicly reprimanded for his ethical violations in California. SCR 102(5). Furthermore, Shah shall copy Nevada Bar Counsel with proof of his compliance with the conditions imposed. In particular, Shah shall provide all reports submitted to the California State Bar probation unit, proof of attendance at Ethics School and passage of the session-end test, and his MPRE score. The Nevada State Bar shall comply with the requirements of SCR 121.1. It is so ORDERED idA , C.J. Gibbons , J. Pickering Hardesty _c2,tket tpes Parraguirre Douglas J. Saitta SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 3 (0) 1947A •241e9)(4 cc: Glenn M. Machado, Bar Counsel Ameer A. Shah 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 SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 4 (0) 1947A e