MEMBERS REV. MICHAEL MURRAY CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH
VICE-CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY
SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE
MICHAEL B. RIZIK , JR. LINDA S. HOTCHKISS MD , ANNA FRUSHOUR
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
ALLY SON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION
Case Nos. 19-37-JC; 19-38-GA
Notice Issued: August 28,2019
Jesse J. Monvil/e, P 66760, White Pine, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Upper Peninsula Hearing Panel #1.
Suspension - One Year, Effective May 15, 20201
Respondent was convicted, by guilty plea, of use of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, a misdemeanor, in violation of MCl 333.74042A-A, in a matter titled People of the State of Michigan v Jesse James Monvil/e, Ontonagon County Circuit Court Case No. 2018-19-FH. Additionally, based on respondent's default for failing to answer the formal complaint, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct when he failed to report his misdemeanor conviction within 14 days to the Attorney Grievance Commission and to the Attorney Discipline Board and when he failed to answer a request for investigation from the Grievance Administrator.
The panel found that respondent knowingly disobeyed an obligation under the rules of a tribunal, in violation of MRPC 3.4(c); knowingly failed to respond to a lawful demand for information from a disciplinary authority, in violation of MRPC 8.1 (a)(2); engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state or of the United States, an ordinance, or tribal law pursuant to MCR 2.615, in violation of MCR 9.104(5); and failed to answer a request for investigation in conformity with MCR 9.113(A), in violation of MCR 9.104(7). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and MRPC 8.4(a) and (c).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for a period of one year and that he not be eligible to petition for reinstatement unless he has complied with the conditions and restitution of his prior two-year suspension in Grievance Administrator v Jesse J. Manville, Case Nos. 17-140-JC; 17-141-GA. Costs were assessed in the amount of $2,034.30. a MrJ<AmA( itage Executive Director
, Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law since May 14, 2018. See Order of Interim Suspension, issued May 18, 2018, Grievance Administrator V Jesse J. Manville, Case Nos. 17-140-JC;
17-141-GA. Also, the suspension in this matter is to run consecutive to the two-year suspension ordered by Upper Peninsula Hearing Panel #2 in Grievance Administrator v Jesse J. Monville, Case Nos. 17-140-JC; 17-141-GA.