Lisa Aubuchon

David Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon and Lawyer Ed Moriarity Ordered to Pay Six-Digit Fees for Filing Garbage Lawsuit Vs. County Foes

David Hendershott, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's former trusted chief deputy, and Lisa Aubuchon, the stooge of disbarred former County Attorney Andy Thomas, probably will pay a steep price for doing the bidding of their bosses. A judge has ordered Hendershott, Aubuchon, her husband, their la ... More >>

Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon and Lawyer Ed Moriarity Face Large Sanctions in Failed Lawsuit Targeting County Officials and Others

Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon, and their lawyer, Ed Moriarity, face about $210,000 in sanctions and fees stemming from a failed lawsuit related to their long fight with the county. Hendershott and Aubuchon were key players in the fight against the county launched by their bosses, Sheriff Joe Arpai ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Law License to be Yanked by July 2; No Stay While She Appeals Disbarment, Court Says

Lisa Aubuchon's law license will be canceled officially as of July 2, the state Supreme Court ruled today.Aubuchon and former boss, failed politician Andrew Thomas, were disbarred in April following weeks of testimony over the bad decisions they made in their fight with county leaders.Unlike Thomas, ... More >>

Lawyer Ed Moriarity Quits as Lisa Aubuchon's Pro-Bono Lawyer Because of Costs; Still Working for David Hendershott and Joel Fox

Ed Moriarity has quit as Lisa Aubuchon's pro-bono attorney, saying he and his law firm can no longer afford to work on her long-running case.The countrified, oft-combative Montana lawyer defended Aubuchon for free through the disciplinary hearings that resulted in the disbarment of his client and fo ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Granted Temporary Stay of Disbarment; Supreme Court Give Her Until May 30

Lisa Aubuchon has managed to eke out a three-week stay of her disbarment.After being told by the state Supreme Court's Disciplinary Judge that her "staggering mountain of wrongdoing" means she would be officially stripped of her law license today, the Court's duty justice, Robert Brutinel, granted h ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon's Disbarment Stay Denied; "Staggering Mountain of Wrongdoing," Judge Writes

A "staggering mountain of wrongdoing" by former county prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon was cited by a judge as one general reason to deny her request for stay of disbarment.Aubuchon and her former boss, ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas, were disbarred on April 10 for a series of ethical violations related ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon and Husband Peter Pestalozzi Owe $40,721 in Federal Taxes; Also, Aubuchon Appeals Judge's Immunity Ruling

Former proseuctor Lisa Aubuchon and her husband, Peter Pestalozzi, owe $40,721 federal taxes, records show.The federal tax lien listed on the Maricopa County Recorder's Web site includes $3,388 in unpaid taxes for 2009 and $37,332 for 2010.Aubuchon, who was disbarred on April 10 along with her forme ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Deadline to Appeal Disbarment is Tuesday; Rachel Alexander May Sue County Over Defense Costs

  Disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has until Tuesday at 5 p.m. to file an appeal to his disbarment order. The failed politician lost his law license after a disciplinary panel of the state Supreme Court found he had committed perjury, filed charges he knew ... More >>

Maricopa County Paid $1.5 Million to Defend Andrew Thomas, Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander

The bill to defend a gang of rogue prosecutors in Maricopa County: $1.5 million.At least former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his bad-girl deputies, Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander, now all disbarred or suspended, won't be getting any more of their lawyers' bills paid for by county taxpayers. ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Files Appeal of Disbarment Order; Maricopa County Supervisors Mulling Whether Public Should Pay Legal Fees for Appeal

Lisa Aubuchon, the former Maricopa deputy county attorney disbarred last week along with her former boss, Andrew Thomas, has filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court. This afternoon, the county Board of Supervisors is in executive session to decide -- among other things ... More >>

Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon Disbarred -- Read Panel's Opinion Here

Andrew Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, was disbarred this morning by the three-member disciplinary panel of the Arizona State Supreme Court. So was his former deputy, Lisa Aubuchon. Former Deputy County Attorney Rachel Alexander's law license was suspended for six months and one day. The di ... More >>

Andy Thomas UPDATE: Some Heroes Did Emerge In This Creepy Cautionary Tale

Today's written ruling by the three-person panel that calls for the disbarment of former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his "special assistant" Lisa Aubuchon should be mandatory reading, and not just for lawyers.It is profound in fact and happens to be beautifully written.One example of ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Didn't File Motion to Stay in Appeal to Get Prosecutor Job Back -- We Screwed Up

Sorry, Lisa Aubuchon.Yesterday, we published a blog post stating -- incorrectly, it turns out -- that Aubuchon had filed a motion to stay her appeal to get her job back as a Maricopa deputy county attorney. We compounded the mistake by suggesting Aubuchon thought she might be disbarred when a State ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Puts Brakes on Appeal to Get Prosecutor Job Back While Waiting to Learn if She'll Be Disbarred

Lisa Aubuchon doesn't want to work on the appeal to ger her job as prosecutor back -- not when she's close to getting disbarred.​ Lisa Aubuchon is apparently finding it hard to think positive as her likely disbarment, and that of her former boss, Andrew Thomas, approaches.Aubuchon has been fi ... More >>

Andrew Thomas, Lisa Aubuchon Must be Disbarred to Help Restore Public Trust, State Bar Counsel Urges

Andrew Thomas, former county attorney, must be disbarred to restore public trust, says the Arizona State Bar's independent counsel.​ Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his former underling Lisa Aubuchon must be disbarred in order to restore public trust in the legal system, the ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Displays Bizarre Thinking in State Bar Discipline Hearing

Lisa Aubuchon, former deputy county attorney, testifies yesterday in the State Bar disciplinary proceedings. She stands to lose her law license after allegedly fudging the attempted prosecutions of county officials.​Lisa Aubuchon lives in an alternative universe.True, we may have watched too many ... More >>

Andy Thomas/Lisa Aubuchon Thought Office Investigators Were Good Nazis But Were Wrong

One of the more telling moments during fired deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon's remarkable testimony at yesterday's disciplinary hearing was her twisted take on office investigators Mark Stribling and Tim Cooning.Andrew Peyton Thomas​It came during Aubuchon's Twilight Zone-like account of what ... More >>

Andy Thomas' Hit Lady Lisa Aubuchon Testifying At Disciplinary Hearing

An unrepentant Lisa Aubuchon is testifying at the moment before a hearing panel that is considering serious disciplinary action against her, her ex-boss County Attorney Andrew Thomas and another attorney.LAndy Thomas: His testimony is forthcoming.​Aubuchon has been trying to explain the litany of ... More >>

Andrew Thomas' Rachel Alexander: "Incompetent" Bankruptcy Lawyer with a $128K Price Tag, and Counting

alexanderbankruptcylawfirm.comWould you hire this former hatchetwoman for Andrew Thomas as your bankruptcy lawyer?What I love about so-called "conservatives" who regularly rail about entitlement programs is that these same limited-government types are often the first ones to turn around and take a h ... More >>

Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon's Defense in Disbarment Hearing Looks Weak in Opening Statements

Image: Ray SternAndrew Thomas wasn't at today's State Bar disciplinary hearing -- which was probably a good thing for his ego.​ Did a cabal of county supervisors, judges, lawyers and others work together to block legit police investigations into allegations of public corruption?Or did a poli ... More >>

Andrew Thomas' Hitwoman Lisa Aubuchon Shot Down on Appeal of Dismissal

Aubuchon: "delusional hubris" personified Bunny boiler. Sorry, all I could think of as I read through Maricopa County Hearing Officer Harold Merkow's report on former Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon and her ongoing appeal of her dismissal, was Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. What will it take, ... More >>

Hendershott, Thomas, and Aubuchon Want $60 Million for Their Troubles? Indictments Would Suit Them Better

Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon are Criminally Corrupt, Dishonest Conspirators and Just Plain Sucky Lawyers, Says Formal State Bar Complaint

Photo illustration: Ray SternAndrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon: The conspiracy was all theirs.​ The real conspiracy was on the other side.Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his lackey, Lisa Aubuchon, while alleging high crimes and conspiracies against county leaders, were conspiri ... More >>

Andrew Thomas May End Up Disbarred, But He Really Belongs in a Prison Cell

Lawyer Mark Goldman May Have Helped Launch Retaliatory Case Against County Supervisor Don Stapley, Report Says

Mark Goldman, of the law firm Wilenchik & Bartness, "likely" inititated a retaliatory criminal investigation against County Supervisor Don Stapley, if Lisa Aubuchon didn't, says an investigative report ​ Andrew Thomas, Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander, all late of the Maricopa County Attorne ... More >>

Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon Should be Disbarred, State Investigator Finds

  Andrew Thomas now faces possible disbarment.​Maybe tailing the investigator for the Arizona State Supreme Court was a bad idea. A probable-cause panelist for the state high court, spurred by a report from investigator John Gleason, has ordered disciplinary procedures ... More >>

Andrew Thomas' "Reckless, Four-Year Campaign of Corruption and Power Abuse"

Aren't you glad this guy didn't become state Attorney General? A "reckless, four-year campaign of corruption and power abuse." That's how retired Judge Charles E. Jones categorized the evidence against ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his one-time hatchetwoman, former deputy County A ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Appeal in State Bar Investigation Declined by Arizona Supreme Court; Speculation Rampant on Possible Upcoming Bar Action

  Image: www.aubuchonlaw.com The state Supreme Court has declined to consider a last-ditch effort by Lisa Aubuchon to block the distribution of answers she gave in a State Bar investigation.​What some see as the last remaining obstacle for State Bar action against former Maricopa Coun ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Wanted "Hundreds" of Teens Interviewed During Dale Fushek Case, Probe Transcript Reveals

  Image: Lisa Aubuchon's Web site, www.aubuchonlaw.com Lisa Aubuchon​Of the all the cockamamie things we've heard Lisa Aubuchon did while at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, this has to be the weirdest. And yet, it seems so -- Lisa. Five years ago, the story goes, while b ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon, Fired Prosecutor Under Investigation, Sets Up Shop in Tempe; Talks About Munnell Memo

​ After hearing that Lisa Aubuchon had hung up a shingle on the Internet, advertising her services as a lawyer in Tempe, we gave the fired prosecutor a call.Despite all the grief we've given the fired Maricopa deputy county attorney about her losing ways, including a recent zinger o ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon's Media Defender: Anonymous, Naturally

Photo Illustration: Ray Stern​ "All this poor woman did was try to prosecute criminals..." The above line is taken from a ridiculous blog post published today on the pro-Andrew Thomas Web site, Sonoran Alliance, in reference to fired deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon. The post uses a few ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Asks Court to Block Her Responses to State Bar From Being Distributed to County Enemies

Photo illustration: Ray Stern​ Lisa Aubuchon gave up confidential info to a State Bar investigator regarding Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and she doesn't want that info leaked out. The deputy county attorney, once the attack-wolf for Arpaio ... More >>

Law Firm Representing Lisa Aubuchon Bills County $177, 876 in Four Months, Repub Reports

Dennis Wilenchik​ The law firm representing Lisa Aubuchon in the probe of actions by her and her former boss, Andrew Thomas, billed the county $177,876 in four months, the Arizona Republic reports this morning. After reporters Michael Kiefer (formerly of New Times fame) and Yvonne Wingett publ ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon's County-Funded Lawyer Submits $966 Bill to County for Tailing Court-Appointed Investigator

  ​ The county-funded lawyer for Lisa Aubuchon submitted a $966 bill to the county for hiring private investigators to tail the lawyer appointed to investigate Aubuchon and former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas. An expense sheet submitted to the County Attorney's office contains the ... More >>

Morning Poll: Does Lisa Aubuchon's Lawsuit Hold Any Merit?

Lisa Aubuchon​Former (if not already former, likely, soon-to-be former. Read about the confusion here) deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon filed a $10 million lawsuit against the county last weekThe suit is in response to County Attorney Rick Romley's bombshell announcement that he was releasing ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Files $10 Million Claim Vs. County; Prosecutor Says Her Reputation is Damaged

Lisa Aubuchon wants $10 million from county taxpayers for her troubles​ The deputy county attorney who helped former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas with his most controversial cases has filed a claim against the county for $10 million. Lisa Aubuchon states in a lengthy claim letter th ... More >>

Rick Romley Bombshell in Arpaio/Thomas Failed Case Against Judges and County Officials: "Miscarriage of Justice Stops Now"

Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley​Bombshell stuff at a press conference just completed in downtown Phoenix at the offices of interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley. The biggest news was that a county grand jury last March rejected efforts by one of then-County Attorney Andrew Thoma ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Drove Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' Political Prosecutions -- Now the Feds May Have Them Both In Their Crosshairs

Lisa Aubuchon's Personnel File: County Attorney Was Involved in New Times "Disorderly Conduct" Arrest

Was Lisa Aubuchon involved in the decision to charge Ray Stern? Her personnel file says yes.​In October 2007, New Times reporter Ray Stern was cited with a criminal charge for supposedly raising his voice while in the office of a lawyer working for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office -- and ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Under Investigation by New County Attorney Rick Romley; Prosecutor "Put on Administrative Leave"

Lisa Aubuchon, once Andrew Thomas' key political prosecutor, is now under investigation herself. ​Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' inept attack-dog prosecutor, Lisa Aubuchon, is now under investigation herself by the new boss at her office, Rick Romley. Romley, named Friday ... More >>

Lisa "I'd Indict A Half-Eaten Ham Sandwich" Aubuchon To Be Sheriff Joe's New Towing Program Czarina? Priceless, but Doubtful

We recently wrote half-kidding (just half) that Andy Thomas henchwoman deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon would be on her way to a new gig with Sheriff Joe Arpaio in no time. ​  Then, late last week, we got word that this failure of a prosecutor had been  ... More >>

Lisa "How Do You Spell Disbarment?" Aubuchon Demoted at Maricopa County Attorney's Office -- but to Homicide?

Big changes were afoot at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office yesterday, and we're all over it via a memo sent to us by several sources. ​ By far the most stunning move: The demotion of Lisa Aubuchon, the deputy county attorney who headed the office's charging bureau and was the point wo ... More >>

Lisa "Let's Charge the Max `Til We Get the Facts" Aubuchon May Find New Life With Sheriff Joe

We reported yesterday about the inappropriate, unforgivable, thoughtless -- and utterly delicious -- heckling by two county workers of Lisa Aubuchon, a special assistant to departing County Attorney Andy Thomas. ​ The pair wondered aloud about Aubuchon's job prospects at the County Attorney ... More >>

Andy Thomas' Go-To-Gal Lisa "The Loser" Aubuchon Heckled by County Workers Today

By now, everyone who reads this blog surely knows that Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas is resigning next week to run for Arizona Attorney General.   ​The news was greeted in downtown Phoenix with a mixture of surprise (many were starting to wonder if Thomas would pull the ... More >>

The Court Tower Conspiracy: Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio's Court Tower "Cover-Up" Sounds Like a Good Story, But It's Pure Fiction

Lisa Aubuchon Admitted to Advising Sheriff While Case Was With "Independent" Prosecutor

The latest revelations from Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk surely had Lady Justice weeping -- or maybe even cutting herself.​ Yesterday's court proceedings examining the question of whether the Maricopa County Attorney's Office must be removed from prosecuting Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox cont ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon Off RICO Lawsuit -- Thomas Political Appointee Rachel Alexander Takes Over

courtesy of intellectualconservative.com Rachel Alexander will be handling the RICO litigation​Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon -- long considered Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' hatchet-woman for politically sensitive cases -- is no longer handling the racketeering lawsuit that ... More >>

County Wants Lisa Aubuchon, Prosecutor in Don Stapley Case, Held Personally Liable for Release of Sealed Deposition

  The public feud between the county Board of Supervisors and the county attorney's office is getting more personal. Lawyers hired by the county supervisors want Lisa Aubuchon, the prosecutor in the criminal case against County Supervisor Don Stapley, held personally liable if a judge orde ... More >>

Three-Time Loser Deputy County Attorney Screws Up, Again

We know it's very bad karma to laugh at people in over their heads, but when it comes to Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon, we just can't help ourselves. We have nothing against Aubuchon personally; it's just that County Attorney Andrew Thomas appointed her to run his pre-trial division -- and ... More >>

Dan Pochoda of ACLU Found Not Guilty of Trespassing; Third High-Profile Loss For Prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon