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NOTICE OF SUSPENSfON (Pending Appeal)
Case No. 05-79-GA Notice Issued: November 6,2007 Carl M. Weideman, Ill, P 47032, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board, increasing a suspension of 90 days ordered by Tri-County Hearing Panel #22 to a suspension of 4 years.
1. Suspension - 4 Years 2. Effective October 27, 2007 The hearing panel found that respondent breached his fiduciary obligations as executor of a California decedent's estate by loaning estate funds to himself and/or his law firm to finance litigation and to pay personal debts and that he made misrepresentations regarding the availability of the funds to counsel, a court in California and to the Grievance Administrator. The panel ordered a suspension of 90 days. The Grievance Administrator petitioned for review and respondent filed a cross-petition for review. In an opinion issued September 28,2007, the Attorney Discipline Board affirmed the hearing panel's findings of misconduct but modified the order of discipline to require a suspension of 4 years.
The respondent has filed an application for leave to appeal in the Supreme Court. On October 26, 2007, the Court denied respondent's motion for a stay of discipline. The application
for leave to appeal remains pending.
Dated:
NOV - 6 2001