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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FINAL NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case No. 12-31-RD Notice Issued: February 15, 2013
Edward L. Johnson, P 54646, Birmingham, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #68.
1. Suspension - 180 Days 2. Effective October 24, 2012 Respondent was ordered to show cause why he should not be subject to a reciprocal order of discipline based on his suspension from the practice of law in the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for his conduct in four
separate bankruptcy matters.
Pursuant to MCR 9.120(C), proof of the adjudication of misconduct in a disciplinary proceeding in another state or a United States court is conclusive proof of misconduct in disciplinary proceedings in Michigan. The panel found that respondent was·afforded due process
of law in the course of the original proceeding and that respondent failed to persuade the panel that the imposition of comparable discipline in Michigan would be clearly inappropriate.
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 180 days. Respondent filed a petition for review and a motion for stay of discipline. The Attorney Discipline Board denied the request for a stay of discipline, but stayed the payment of costs pending completion of the review proceedings.
Respondent failed to appear at the scheduled review hearing and the Attorney Discipline Board, on January 17, 2013, issued its order granting the Grievance Administrator's motion to
dismiss the petition for review and affirming the hearing panel's order of suspension. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $2,006.86.
Mark A. Armitage F,.- ,.~ 1 5 2013 Dated: tt .
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