MEMBERS JAMES M. CAMERON, JR.
CHAIRPERSON CRAIG H. LUBBEN
VICE-CHAIRPERSON SYLVIA P. WHITMER, Ph.D. SECRETARY ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D. CARL E. VER BEEK
LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL DULCE M. FULLER LOUANN VAN DER WIELE MICHAEL MURRAY
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRA TOR JENNIFER M. PETTY PARALEGAL
KATHLEEN PHILLIPS CASE MANAGER ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONIST
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (By Consent)
Case No. 13-98-JC Notice Issued: February 27, 2014
Josephine A. Powell, P 28285, Southfield, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #54. 1. Suspension - 4 Years 2. Effective February 26,2014 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. The stipulation contained the respondent's admission that she had been convicted of theft of government property, a misdemeanor, in violation of 18 USC §641, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 12CR20452-1. The panel found that respondent had committed professional misconduct that violated the criminal laws of the State of Michigan, in violation of MCR 9.104(5).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for four years. Costs were assessed in the
amount of $964.12.
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