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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITIONS Case Nos. 10-88-RD; 10-89-JC Notice Issued: April 7, 2011
Charles A. Carpenter, P 61118, Maryville, Tennessee, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #21.
1. Suspension - 1 Year 2. Effective April 7, 2011 In an order entered January 6,2010, the Tennessee Supreme Court suspended respondent, Charles A. Carpenter, from the practice of law in Tennessee for a period of three months. The Grievance Administrator filed a petition for order to show cause why an order of reciprocal discipline
should not be entered in Michigan (Case No.1 0-88-RD). Contemporaneously with the petition, the Grievance Administrator filed a Notice of Filing of Judgment of Conviction (Case No. 10-89-JC), showing that respondent had been convicted of False Pretenses - Over $200.00 but less than $1,000.00, a misdemeanor, in the 14A-1 Washtenaw District Court.
Respondent did not appear at the public hearing. The hearing panel concluded that the order ofthe Tennessee Supreme Court constituted conclusive proof of misconduct; that respondent was afforded due process of law in the course of the original proceeding; and that the imposition of identical discipline in Michigan would not be clearly inappropriate.
The hearing panel, based on the order of suspension from Tennessee and respondent's misdemeanor conviction in Michigan, ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for one year and that he be subject to conditions relevant to the established
misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,683.42.