MEMBERS JAMES M. CAMERON, JR. CHAIRPERSON LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL VICE-CHAIRPERSON DULCE M. FULLER SECRETARY ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D. SYLVIA P. WHITMER, Ph.D LOUANN VAN DERWIELE MICHAEL MURRAY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN
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.IENNIFER M. PETTY PARALEGAL
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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT Case Nos. 13-131-JC; 13-132-JC Notice Issued: January 2,2015 Peter J. Harrington, P 32481, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #5.
1. Disbarred 2. Effective November 22, 2013 1 Respondent pleaded guilty to False Pretenses over $20,000.00, a felony, in violation of MCl 750.218(5)(a) in the lake County Circuit Court. Respondent also pleaded guilty to Embezzlement of more than $50,000 but less than $100,000, a felony, in violation of MCl 750.174(6), in the Wayne County Circuit Court.
Based on respondent's convictions, the hearing panel found that respondent had violated MCR 9.104(5). Additionally, the panel also found that respondent violated MCR 9.120(A)(1) based on his failure to report his convictions to the Grievance Administrator and the Attorney Discipline Board, as required by MCR 9.120.
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan, effective November 22, 2013, the date the Grievance Administrator filed the judgment of convictions. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,964.57.
Mark A. Armitage Dated: __JA_N_-_2_Z_G_15_
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since January 5, 2009. Please see Notice of Automatic Interim Suspension issued January 9, 2009.