MEMBERS JAMES M. CAMERON, JR.
CHAIRPERSON CRAIG H. LUBBEN VICE-CHAIRPERSON SYLVIA P. WHITMER, Ph.D. SECRETARY ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D. CARL E. VER BEEK LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL DULCE M. FULLER LOUANN VAN DER WIELE MICHAEL MURRAY
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SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMIN/STRA TOR JENNIFER M. PETTY PARALEGAL KATHLEEN PHILLIPS CASE MANAGER ALLY SON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONIST
NOTICE OF DISBARMENT (By Consent)
Case No. 14-S1-GA Notice Issued: August 11,2014
Barry L. Lippitt, P 33087, Southfield, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #80.
1. Disbarred 2. Effective August 9, 2014 The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline, in accordance with MeR 9.115(F)(S), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. Based on respondent's plea of no contest, the hearing panel found that respondent, while acting as an appointed guardian for a legally
incapacitated individual, knowingly disobeyed an obligation under the rules of a tribunal, in violation of MRPC 3.4(c); failed to notify a client or a third person when funds in which a client or third person has an interest are received, in violation of MRPC 1.1S(b)(1); and failed to promptly payor deliver funds that a client or third person is entitled to receive, in violation of MRPC 1.15(b)(3). The panel also found that respondent violated MRPC 8.4(a)-(c), and MCR 9.104(1 )-(4).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan and pay costs in the amount of $862.61.
Dated: __________________ _