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BOARD OPINION The respondent failed to answer the formal complaint which charged that she accepted a retainer to represent a client at a time when her license to practice...
| Concepts: | respondent ; bar dues ; failure ; Attorney Discipline Board ; Michigan ; law ; complaint ; client ; reinstatement proceedings ; active membership ; explanations ; representation ; primary goals ; legal profession ; belated efforts ; recorded business |
| Type: | Opinion |
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Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board reducing a hearing panel order of suspension for 120 days. 2) Effective May 14, 1994. Respondent failed to answer the formal...
| Concepts: | respondent ; formal complaints ; hearing panel ; Michigan Rules ; suspension ; law ; unarmed robbery ; motor vehicle ; annual dues ; Attorney Discipline Board ; representation ; non-payment |
| Type: | Notice |
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2) Effective Retroactive to June 13, 1996. The complainant retained respondent to represent her in a divorce matter, and paid respondent a $422 fee. The panel found, by...
| Concepts: | respondent ; panel ; matter ; amount ; restitution ; Michigan Rules ; disciplinary hearing ; Formal Complaints ; practice of law ; Professional |
| Type: | Notice |
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2) Effective June 13, 1996. The panel found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that respondent used her mother's identity and employment information in applying for the...
| Concepts: | respondent ; panel ; mother ; retail installment ; petition ; stay ; amount ; restitution ; Attorney Grievance ; employment information ; preponderance of the evidence |
| Type: | Notice |
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Michigan for a period of 37 months effective June 13, 1996. In July 1996, she was retained to represent the complainant in a divorce action. In August 1996, she filed a...
| Concepts: | complaint ; divorce ; respondent ; matter ; law ; panel ordered ; disciplinary hearing ; Oakland County Circuit ; suspension |
| Type: | Notice |
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13, 1996. Those suspensions remain in effect. The panel found, by default, that respondent continued to practice law and hold herself out as an attorney while suspended;...
| Concepts: | practice law ; respondent ; amount ; former client ; panel ordered ; disciplinary hearing ; Costs ; restitution ; suspensions |
| Type: | Notice |
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