Apr. 28, 2010 An association of criminal-defense attorneys filed a complaint with the State Bar of Arizona against Andrew Thomas, claiming the former Maricopa County attorney engaged in unethical behavior.
Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, an organization with nearly 400 members, asked the state Bar, which licenses and disciplines attorneys in Arizona, to petition the state Supreme Court to suspend Thomas from practicing law.
The Bar already is reviewing a complaint filed in March against Thomas after a Superior Court judge found he may have acted unethically in prosecuting county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.
The new Bar complaint filed Monday chronicles events from the past two years, including Thomas' prosecution of two county supervisors and a Superior Court judge, actions taken against other judges and their staffs, and a contempt of court citation filed against a sheriff's detention officer. Some actions are cited for which Thomas already has been investigated and cleared by the Bar.
Thomas resigned as county attorney to run for Arizona attorney general.
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