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NOTICE OF INTERIM SUSPENSION PURSUANT TO MCR 9.115(H)(2) Case No. 15-73-GA Notice Issued: September 23, 2015
Thomas J. Shannon, P 35152, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #14.
1. Interim Suspension 2. Effective September 21,2015 After being properly served with the formal complaint and the notice of hearing, respondent advised the panel that he was unable to appear at the hearing because he was hospitalized. Respondent provided the panel with a letter from his doctor in support of his request. The panel ordered that the hearing be adjourned with the condition that respondent shall file weekly proofs, commencing September 10,2015, of his continuing medical conditions which prohibits him from attending the hearing. These proofs were to be filed with both the Grievance Administrator and the Attorney Discipline Board.
The Board and the Grievance Administrator did not receive the required proofs by September 10,2015, and the Grievance Administrator filed an affidavit attesting to respondent's failure on September 15,2015. On September 16,2015, respondent submitted a letter averring that his medical condition continues but the panel deemed the letter insufficient compliance with their earlier order.
On September 18, 2015, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended purs 0 MCR 9.115(H)(2), effective September 21, 2015,
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