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 MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
JOHN F. VAN BOLT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARK A. ARMITAGE DEPUTY DIRECTOR JENNIFER M. PETTY LEGAL ASSISTANT
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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION (By Consent)
Case No. 13-23-GA Notice Issued: June 28,2013
Stuart Pinsky, P 23336, Warren, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #101.
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Suspension - 90 Days Effective June 28, 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 panel found that respondent held funds otherthan client orthird person funds in an IOlTA account, in violation of MRPC 1.15(a)(3); failed to hold client funds separate from the lawyer's own property,
in violation of MRPC 1.15(d); deposited his own funds into an IOlTA, in excess of an amount reasonably necessary to pay financial institution service charges, in violation of MRPC 1.15(f) and
MRPC 8.4(b). The panel also found that respondent violated MRPC 8.4(a) and (b) and MCR 9.104(2)-(4).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 90 days and that he be subject
to a condition relevant to. the established misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $931.68.
John F. Van Bolt JUH232lJ13 Dated: ________