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
MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
JENNIFER M. PETTY LEGAL ASSISTANT
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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION Case No. 13-68-GA Notice Issued: October 30, 2013
Eric B. Dodson, P 63246, St. Ignace, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Emmet County Hearing Panel #1.
1. Suspension - 180 Days 2. Effective October 24,2013 Respondent appeared at the public hearing but was found to be in default for failing to file an answer to Formal Complaint 13-68-GA. Based on respondent's default, the hearing panel found
that respondent, who was retained to extend a Personal Protection Order (PPO), neglected the matter, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to seek his client's lawful objectives, in violation of MRPC
1.2(a); failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness, in violation of MRPC 1.3; failed to adequately communicate with his client, in violation of MRPC 1.4(a) and (c); failed to deposit a legal fee paid in advance of services rendered into a client trust account, in violation of 1.15(g); failed to refund an unearned fee and return documents belonging to the client upon termination of the representation, in violation of MRPC 1.16(d); failed to respond to lawful demands for information from a disciplinary authority, in violation of MRPC 8.1 (a)(2); and failed to timely answer a request
for investigation, in violation of MCR 9.104(7) and MCR 9.113(8)(2). The panel also found that respondent violated MRPC 8.4(a)-(c); and MCR 9.104(1)-(4).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended 180 days and that he pay restitution in the amount of $1,000.00. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1 ,724.64.
Mark A. Armitage
Dated: ________