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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND WITH CONDITION Case No. 10-128-GA Notice Issued: March 12, 2012
David T. Hill, P 48771, Royal Oak, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #51.
1. Reprimand 2. Effective March 10, 2012 The respondent filed an answer to the formal complaint and appeared at the hearings. The hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct by neglecting a legal matter entrusted to him, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to seek the lawful objectives of his client, in violation of MRPC 1.2(a); failed to act with diligence and promptness, in violation of MRPC 1.3; and failed to make reasonable efforts to expedite the litigation filed on his client's behalf, in violation ofMRPC 3.2.
The panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded and be subject to a condition relevant to the established misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $2,548.47.
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