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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT (By Consent)
Case Nos. 19-133-AI; 20-67-JC; 20-68-RD Notice Issued: March 23, 2021 Theresa M. Brennan, P 34510, Brighton, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Ingham County Hearing Panel #6.
Disbarment, Effective March 18, 2021 1 Respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a Stipulation for Consent Order of Discipline, which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. The stipulation contained respondent’s acknowledgment that she was convicted of perjury, a felony, in violation of MCL 750.423, in People of the State of Michigan v Theresa Marie Brennan, Livingston County Circuit Court Case No. 19-025735-FH. In accordance with MCR 9.120(B)(1), respondent's license to practice law in Michigan was automatically suspended, effective December 3, 2019, the date of her felony conviction. In addition, the stipulation contained respondent’s acknowledgment that she was removed from judicial office on June 28, 2019, in a matter titled In The Matter of Theresa M. Brennan, Judge, 53rd District Court, Supreme Court Case No. 157930.
Based on respondent’s conviction, as acknowledged in the stipulation, the hearing panel found that respondent engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state or of the United States, an ordinance, or tribal law pursuant to MCR 2.615, in violation of MCR 9.104(5). Respondent acknowledged that she did not object to the imposition of comparable discipline resulting from her removal from the bench, thus the panel found that misconduct, as it pertained to the notice of filing of reciprocal discipline, was conclusively established.
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $825.45.
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since December 3, 2019, the date of her felony conviction. Please see Notice of Automatic Interim Suspension issued December 19, 2019.