MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DER WIELE CHAIRPERSON LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL VICE-CHAIRPERSON DULCE M. FULLER SECRETARY ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D. REV. MICHAEL MURRAY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMIN/STRATOR ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION WITH CONDITION (Pending Appeal)
Case No. 15-73-GA Notice Issued: August 31,2016 Thomas J. Shannon, P 35152, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #14.
1. Suspension - 2~ Years 2. Effective August 27,20161 Respondent filed an answer to the formal complaint and appeared at the public hearings. The panel found that respondent committed acts of professional misconduct by accepting a new retainer from a new client in a matter after an order suspending respondent's license to practice law for 90 days was issued; failing to disclose that he was subject to a suspension order in his representation of three separate clients in lawsuits against each of their former employers; and filing an affidavit for automatic reinstatement which falsely stated that he had no active clients after the issuance of an order of suspension, and falsely stated that he did not accept any new retainers after the entry of the order of suspension. Respondent's conduct was in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-(4), and (9); MCR 9.119(A)-(B), (D) and (E)(4); MCR 9.123(A); and MRPC 8.4(a)-(c).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 2% years; that he pay restitution in the amount of $1 ,500.00; and that he be subject to a condition relevant to the established misconduct. The Grievance Administrator filed a petition for review on August 23, 2016, seeking an increase in diSCipline. Respondent filed a petition for review on August 26,2016, but did not file a request for a stay of discipline. Therefore, this matter will be
~for;ar~orney Discipline Board.
Mark A. Armitage Dated: August 31,2016
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since September 21, 2015. Please see Notice of Interim Suspension pursuant to MeR 9.115(H)(2), issued September 23,2015.