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
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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NOTICE OF INTERIM SUSPENSION (Pending Remand)
Case No. 13-61-GA Notice Issued: November 21,2013
Thomas W. Deprekel, P 31223, Bay City, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri Valley Hearing Panel #3, setting aside its order of disbarment and restitution and imposing an interim suspension pursuant to MCR 9.11S(H)(2).
1. Interim Suspension 2. Effective October 16, 20131 This matter was remanded to Tri-Valley Hearing Panel #3 on November 1,2013, to provide respondent an opportunity to file a motion to set aside the default. On November 8, 2013, respondent filed a motion to set aside the default and order of disbarment and restitution. On November 12, 2013, the Grievance Administrator filed its concurrence that the default should be set aside.
Accordingly, on November 20,2013, the Tri-Valley Hearing Panel #3 granted respondent's motion to set aside the default, entered on June 27, 2013, and the order of disbarment and restitution, entered on September 24, 2013. Additionally, the panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended pursuant to MCR 9.11S(H)(2) until further order of the panel or board.
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Dated: NOV 21m
1 Respondent has been continuously disqualified from the practice of law in Michigan since October 16, 2013, under the panel's September 24, 2013 order of disbarment and restitution and remains so under the panel's November 20, 2013 order of interim suspension pursuant to MCR 9.115(H)(2).