MEMBERS THOMAS G. KIENBAUM CHAIRPERSON JAMES M. CAMERON, JR. VICE-CHAIRPERSON SYLVIA P. WHITMER, Ph.D. SECRETARY ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D. CARL E. VER BEEK CRAIG H. lUBBEN LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL
DULCE M. FULLER LOUANN VAN DER WIELE
STATE OF MICIllGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
JOHN F. VAN BOLT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARK A. ARMITAGE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
JENNIFER M. PETIY LEGAL ASSISTANT 211 WEST FORT ST. SUITE 1410 DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226-3236 PHONE: 313-963-5553 FAX: 313-963-5571
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION (By Consent)
Case No. 12-113-GA Notice Issued: August 28,2013
Gad L. Holland, P 26655, Detroit, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #19.
1. Suspension - 60 Days 2. Effective August 24, 2013 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. Based on respondent's plea of no contest, the hearing panel found that respondent engaged in professional misconduct by holding funds other than client or third person funds in an IOlTA account, in violation of M RPC 1.15(a)(3); failed to hold property of his clients or third persons separately from his own, in violation of MRPC 1.15(d); deposited his own funds into an IOlTA account, in excess of an amount reasonably necessary to pay financial institution service charges or fees, in violation of MRPC 1.15(f); failed to provide information reques~ed in four separate items of correspondence served upon him by the Grievance Administrator, in violation of MRPC 8. 1( a)(2); and failed to appear at the office of the Attorney Grievance Commission for his sworn statement on April 23, 2012, as ordered by a subpoena issued in accordance with MCR 9.112(0), in violation of MCR 9.112(0)(2) and MRPC 8.1 (a)(2). The hearing panel also found that respondent violated MCR 9.104(2)-(4) and MRPC 8.4(a),
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 60 days and that he be subject to a condition relevant to the alleged misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of.$1,014.94.
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