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Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 25-3551 · judgment May 26, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
About 3.2× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a Ninth Circuit decision below.
Questions presented
The questions presented are:
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Whether Arizona Supreme Court Rule 34 — which categorically denies bar admission on motion to attorneys licensed and in good standing in eleven nonreciprocal states and denies recent graduates of law schools not accredited by the American Bar Association even the opportunity to sit for the Arizona bar examination, based on class membership rather than individual merit — violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Whether Rule 34’s categorical class-based exclusions can survive any standard of review when Arizona extends automatic license reciprocity to every other profession regardless of home-state reciprocity, and 50 U.S.C. § 4025a mandates recognition of the very attorney licenses Rule 34 refuses to recognize.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Joseph Robert Giannini
For respondent
Jonathan P. Barnes Jr.
Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.
Case
Subject area
Attorneys (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Oct 09 2026Waiver of right of respondent Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice to respond filed.
- Oct 06 2026Letter of September 24, 2026 from counsel for petitioner received.
- Sep 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2026)