MEMBERS MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR. CHAIRPERSON LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD VICE-CHAIRPERSON KAREN D. O’DONOGHUE MICHAEL S. HOHAUSER PETER A. SMIT ALAN GERSHEL LINDA M. ORLANS REV. DR. LOUIS J. PRUES JASON M. TURKISH
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NOTICE OF TRANSFER TO INACTIVE STATUS PURSUANT TO MCR 9.121(A) Case No. 21-18-GA Notice Issued: October 18, 2021 Mitchell R. Dittman, P 44513, Orion, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Transfer to Inactive Status, Effective October 15, 2021 The Grievance Administrator filed a formal complaint which charged that respondent committed acts of professional misconduct warranting discipline. Prior to any scheduled proceedings, Tri-County Hearing Panel #73 was presented with a copy of an Order Regarding Appointment of Guardian of Incapacitated Individual entered August 28, 2019, in a matter titled In the Matter of Mitchell Ronald Dittman, Legally Incapacitated Individual, Oakland County Probate Court Case No. 2019-389,807-GL, that ordered the appointment of a guardian for respondent based on the presentation of clear and convincing evidence that respondent was incapacitated. Respondent’s guardianship was continued without modification in an order entered April 27, 2021 by the Oakland County Probate Court.
The Attorney Discipline Board concluded that the August 28, 2019, and April 27, 2021, orders of the Oakland County Probate Court constitute proof that respondent has been judicially declared incompetent within the meaning of MCR 9.121(A), and issued an order transferring respondent to Inactive Status Pursuant to MCR 9.121(A), effective immediately, for an indefinite period and until further order of the Board. Formal Complaint 21-18-GA was dismissed without prejudice.