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NOTICE OF TRANSFER TO INACTIVE STATUS PURSUANT TO MCR 9.121(B) (By Consent)
Case No. 20-24-PI Notice Issued: July 9, 2020 Kevin J. Kozma, P 31989, White Cloud, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board’s Kent County Hearing Panel #5.
Transfer to Inactive Status, Effective June 16, 2020. The Grievance Administrator filed a Formal Complaint Seeking Transfer to Inactive Status Pursuant to MCR 9.121(B) alleging that respondent is incapacitated and unable to practice law. Contemporaneously, the Grievance Administrator and respondent, filed a stipulation agreeing that respondent is currently incapacitated and unable to practice law, and that he be transferred to inactive status until such time as he may be reinstated in accordance with MCR 9.121(E).
On June 16, 2020, Kent County Hearing Panel #5 issued an order approving the parties’ stipulation and transferring respondent’s license to inactive status pursuant to MCR 9.121(B) for an indefinite period, effective the date of the order, and until further order of the Board, in accordance with MCR 9.121(E).
/s/ Mark A. Armitage Executive Director