NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case No. 03-96-MZ (Ref. Case No. 02-68-GA) Notice Issued: January 7, 2004 Keith Godfrey, P 35353, Detroit, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #3.
1. Suspension - 6 Months 2. Effective February 5, 2004 1 The Grievance Administrator filed a petition on July 7, 2003 seeking entry of an order increasing discipline for respondent's failure to comply with the hearing panel's order of April 8, 2003. The respondent did not file an answer nor did he appear at the show cause hearing held on October 7, 2003. Based upon the evidence submitted by the Grievance Administrator, the panel concluded that respondent, in violation of MCR 9.104(A)(9), had not complied with its previous order.
The hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for six months, effective February 5, 2004, to run consecutively to a six month suspension in an unrelated matter. The panel further ordered that respondent shall not be eligible to petition for reinstatement until he has fully complied with all the provisions of the order of suspension and restitution in the matter of Grievance Administrator v Keith Godfrey, Case No. 02-68-GA. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,605.26.
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since March 1, 2003. See Notice of Suspension and Restitution (By Consent), dated May 5, 2003.