MEMBERS THOMAS G. KIENBAUM CHAIRPERSON JAMES M. CAMERON, JR. VICE-CHAIRPERSON SYLVIA P. WHITMER, PhD.
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 REPRIMAND Case No. 10-126-GA Notice Issued: December 20,2012
Susan F. Widenbaum, P 44506, Westland, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board, affirming Tri-County Hearing Panel #17's order of reprimand.
1. Reprimand 2. Effective December 5, 2012 The respondent filed an answer to the formal complaint and appeared at the hearings. The panel found that respondent, in three matters, failed to deposit legal fees and expenses paid in advance of being earned into a client trust account.
. The panel ordered that respondemt be reprimanded. Respondent filed a motion to set aside the reprimand, which was denied by the panel. Respondent then filed a petition for review and the Attorney Discipline Board, on June 8, 2012, issued an order affirming the hearing panel's order of reprimand. Respondent filed an application for leave to appeal with the Michigan Supreme Court which was denied on December 5, 2012. Costs were assessed in the total amount of $4,193.66.
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