Jack LaSota | |
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| 20thAttorney General of Arizona | |
| In office 1977–1979 | |
| Governor | Wesley Bolin |
| Preceded by | Bruce Babbitt |
| Succeeded by | Robert K. Corbin |
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| Party | Democratic |
John A. LaSota is a formerArizona Attorney General (1977–1978). LaSota also served asBruce Babbitt's Chief of Staff when the former wasgovernor of Arizona.[1] He is alobbyist[2] for the firm LaSota & Peters, P.L.C.[3]
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LaSota is a member of theArizona State Bar. He has draftedstatutes, including telephonicsearch warrant andelectronic eavesdropping laws, many of which are still on the books.[citation needed] He spent three years at theArizona State University College of Law as a faculty member and assistant dean, during which tenure his principal role was to draft and circulate nationwide to over 500 agencies pioneeringModel Rules for Law Enforcement.[citation needed]
AfterBruce Babbitt succeededWesley Bolin as governor, he appointed LaSota to replace him as Attorney General. Members of the Arizona senate, led by Senate President Ed Sawyer, sued LaSota arguing he was statutorily barred from serving. The senators alleged LaSota was barred by A.R.S. 41-191, which stated that "(t)he attorney general shall have been for not less than five years immediately preceding the date of taking office a practicing attorney before the supreme court of the state." While LaSota was employed at the Arizona State University School of Law his bar membership lapsed to retired status and, as a retired lawyer, he could not practice law or hold himself out as eligible to do so. The court voided the statute.[4]
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| Preceded by | Attorney General of Arizona 1978–1979 | Succeeded by |
