MEMBERS JAMES M. CAMERON, JR. CHAIRPERSON LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL VICE-CHAIRPERSON SYLVIA P. WHITMER, Ph.D. SECRETARY ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D. DULCE M. FULLER LOUANN VAN DERWIELE MICHAEL MURRAY
JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN
STATE OF MICIDGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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JENNIFER M. PETTY PARALEGAL
KATHLEEN PHILLIPS CASE MANAGER
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONIST
NOTICE OF REPRIMAND WITH CONDITION (By Consent)
Case No. 14-109-GA Notice Issued: January 7,2015
Scott W. Gross, P 43094, Macomb, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #101.
1. Reprimand 2. Effective December 30,2014 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 plea of no contest to the factual allegations and the allegations of professional misconduct contained in the formal complaint, the panel found that respondent had held funds other than client or third person funds in an IOL TA account, in violation of MRPC 1.15(a)(3); deposited his own funds into an IOLTA account in an amount more than reasonably necessary to pay financial institution charges or fees, in violation of MRPC 1.15(f); and violated or attempted to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, in violation of MRPC 8.4(a). The panel acknowledged that the Grievance Administrator had no evidence that respondent improperly used, commingled or misappropriated client funds.
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded and that he be subject to a condition relevant to the alleged misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $757.61.
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