According to sources, both Warner and Kelly have accepted an open plea bargain to the State Bar of Arizona for their previous involvement in alleged legal fraud. A continuance has been granted while these attorneys seek more letters of support from “character witnesses” to hopefully mitigate their punishment.
There appears to be an ongoing pattern of strikingly similar allegations of fraud against Warner, this time by a nationally recognized federal whistleblower.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge, William J. O’Neil, will likely make a decision on the punishment to be handed down on both Warner and Kelly in the next 1-2 weeks.
One of the factors taken into consideration in O’Neil’s decision is “aggravating” circumstances such as “patterns of misconduct” or any type of ongoing fraud.
