NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 00-159-GA Notice Issued: January 6, 2003 John Conlon, P-12128, Portage, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Kalamazoo County Hearing Panel #4.
1. Reprimand; 2. Effective December 26, 2002. 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 nolo contendere to the allegations that he failed to notify a witness of a trial date; failed to comply with discovery demands; failed to honor the court=s directive that privileged records be sent to the court and instead subpoenaed the records to be sent to his office; brought motions to quash information and limit the testimony of a prosecution witness well after the court=s cutoff date; falsely advised the court that his motion to quash was filed late because the basis for the motion became clear to him only the night before trial; and failed to timely pay sanctions.
Respondent was charged with violations of MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 3.2; 3.3(a); 3.4(c) and (d); and 8.4(a) and (c). The parties agreed that respondent should be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $14.56.