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Respondent was retained to represent a woman in a premises liability matter. He pled no contest to allegations that he failed to keep in reasonable communication with his...
| Concepts: | client ; respondent ; reasonable communication ; matter ; allegations ; requests ; amount ; suspension ; conditions relevant ; parties stipulated ; fictitious pleadings ; repeated misrepresentations ; personal property ; divorce action ; representation |
| Type: | Notice |
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1) Suspension - nine (9) months; 2) Effective November 27, 1995. Respondent was retained to initiate a lawsuit against his client's former associate for the theft of his...
| Concepts: | client ; Respondent ; request ; Michigan Rules ; telephone calls ; amount ; Costs ; violation ; documentation ; Suspension |
| Type: | Notice |
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2) Effective December 8, 1995. Respondent was retained to represent a client in a pending child custody matter. The panel found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that...
| Concepts: | respondent ; request ; matter ; motion ; Grievance Administrator ; failure ; discipline ; thirty-day suspension ; automatic stay ; Michigan Rules ; retainer fee ; proof of service ; preponderance of the evidence |
| Type: | Notice |
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Formal Complaints were established by a preponderance of the evidence, and in two Formal Complaints were established by default. The complaints involve nine complainants...
| Concepts: | Formal Complaints ; respondent ; failure ; restitution ; complainants ; clients ; law ; Discipline Board ; alleged malpractice ; civil judgment ; seeking elimination ; reducing total ; disciplinary hearings ; preponderance of the evidence ; misappropriation ; conservatorship |
| Type: | Notice |
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Respondent represented the personal representative of a decedent's estate in Oakland County Probate Court, and filed a wrongful death action on the estate's behalf in Wayne...
| Concepts: | personal representative ; respondent ; County Circuit ; wrongful death ; Probate Court ; estate ; Michigan ; law ; complainant ; parties stipulated ; third party ; pending distribution ; bearing account ; allegations |
| Type: | Notice |
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