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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 07-176-GA Notice Issued: July 21, 2008 Robert E. Siameka, P 20567, Detroit, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #3.
1. Reprimand 2. Effective July 17, 2008 The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline, in accordance with MeR 9.115{F){5), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. Respondent pled no contest to the allegations that he accepted unearned client funds and failed to properly safeguard them by depositing them into a trust or IOlTA account, but rather commingled them with his own funds, in violation of MeR 9.104{A){4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(d); and 8.4(a).
Based on the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $756.11.
Dated:
JUL~! 1 2008 --------