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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND Case No. 20-8-GA Notice Issued: October 21, 2021 Philip B. Navarre, P 38819, Jackson, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Washtenaw County Hearing Panel #1.
Reprimand, effective October 16, 2021 After proceedings held in accordance with MCR 9.115 and based on the evidence presented by the parties at the hearings held in this matter, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct during his representation of an employee of a tavern in litigation respondent commenced against a brother of the deceased owner of the tavern.
Specifically, the panel found that respondent offered evidence that he knew to be false, or if later having learned of its falsity, failed to take reasonable remedial action to correct the record, in violation of MRPC 3.3(a)(3). Respondent was also found to have violated MRPC 8.4(a) and MCR 9.104(4).
Respondent was reprimanded. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $4,423.22.