NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION (By Consent)
Case No. 02-95-GA Notice Issued: July 10, 2003 Miles J. Purcell, P 19136, Saginaw, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Bay County Hearing Panel #1.
1. Suspension - 30 days; 2. Effective July 1, 2003. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline, in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5), containing respondent=s plea of no contest to the allegations that he misrepresented to his client that he had filed a complaint on his behalf; misrepresented to his client that a court date had been scheduled; and failed to institute suit on his client=s behalf or advise him that he would not do so.
Respondent was charged with violations of MCR 9.104(A)(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3; 1.4; 1.16; and 8.4(a)-(c). The parties agreed that respondent=s license to practice law in Michigan should be suspended for 30 days beginning July 1, 2003, and that respondent should attend the State Bar of Michigan=s Ethics School. Costs were assessed in the amount of $760.22.