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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND Case No. 11-100-GA Notice Issued: October 23, 2012
Timothy S. Barkovic, P 29797, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #101.
1. Reprimand 2. Effective October 20, 2012 The respondent filed an answer to the formal complaint and appeared at the hearings. The hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct when he failed to refund an unearned, advance payment of fees upon termination of representation, in violation of MRPC 1.16(d ); and engaged in conduct that exposed the legal profession or the courts to obloquy, contempt, censure or reproach, in violation of MeR 9.1 04(A)(2).
The panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded and costs were assessed in the amount of $2,428.36.
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