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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION (By Consent)
Case No. 15-81-GA Notice Issued: March 1, 2016
R. Vincent Green, P 34862, Lansing, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Ingham Hearing Panel #1.
1. Suspension - 120 Days 2. Effective March 1, 2016 The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline, in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. Based on respondent's admissions, the hearing panel found that respondent held funds other than client or third person funds in an IOlT A, in violation of MRPC 1.15(a)(3); failed to hold property of his clients orthird persons separate from his own property, in violation ofMRPC 1.15(d); deposited his own funds into an IOlTA in an amount more than reasonably necessary to pay financial institution charges or fees, in violation of MRPC 1.15(f); and, failed to deposit legal fees paid in advance of services rendered into a client trust account, in violation of MRPC 1.15(g). The panel also found that respondent had violated MRPC 8.4(a) and MCR 9.104(2) and (3).
In accordance with the stipulation ofthe parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended effective March 1, 2016, as stipulated by the parties. The parties further agreed that respondent shall be subject to a condition relevant to the admitted misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $764.34.
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