NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 01-150-GA Notice Issued: September 10, 2002 Charles A. Haas, P-14486, Redford, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #11.
1. Reprimand; 2. Effective September 7, 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 the respondent's plea of no contest to charges that respondent, in a divorce matter, failed to advise his client that the documents he drafted were being submitted to someone else for re-drafting at an additional cost; failed to respond to opposing counsel's letters; failed to advise client that opposing counsel had filed a motion to hold respondent's client in contempt and that a hearing had been scheduled; failed to respond in writing to the opposing counsel's motion on his client's behalf; failed to advise his client that the motion had been granted in its entirety; failed to advise his client that opposing counsel had submitted a proposed order under the seven day rule; and failed to advise his client that an order was entered by the court holding the client in contempt and ordering him to pay costs and expenses in the aggregate amount of $4,300.45. Respondent was charged with violations of MCR 9.104(A)(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1(c); 1.3; 1.4(a) and (b); and 8.4(a) and (c). The parties agreed that respondent should be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $147.45.