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DISMISSAL Case No. 07-118-GA Patricia M. Cooper, P 37389, Warren, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #108.
1. Dismissal 2. Effective May 15, 2008 The formal complaint filed by the Grievance Administrator charged that respondent failed to failed to provide her client, upon request, with a final billing statement of services rendered upon termination of the representation. Further, it was alleged that respondent, in response to the Grievance Administrator's request for a copy of the final billing statement in May of 2006, fabricated a billing statement and backdated it to June 10, 2005 to give the appearance that it had been created and sent to the client in 2005. The complaint charged that respondent's conduct was in violation of MCR 9.1 04(A)(1 )-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(b)(3); 8.1(a)(1); and 8.4(a)-(c) and (c).
The hearing panel found that the Grievance Administrator failed to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that respondent neglected to provide the client with a requested final accounting and thereafter fabricated a billing statement backdated to June 10, 2005 to give the appearance that it was created and sent to the client at that time.
The formal complaint was-dismissed without~6Sts.
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