NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (By Consent)
Case No. 00-186-GA Notice Issued: May 7, 2001 Bernard Feldman, P-27628, West Bloomfield, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #63.
1. Suspension - 90 Days; 2. Effective May 4, 2001. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5). The stipulation was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. The respondent offered a plea of no contest to the charges of misconduct in Formal Complaint 00-186-GA, to wit: That respondent failed to maintain an interest-bearing account for funds separate from his own funds during the period of his representation; failed to deposit a settlement check into an interest-bearing account for funds separate from his own funds; and failed to promptly pay his client the $1,250.00 settlement funds she was entitled to receive. Respondent=s conduct was in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(a) and (b); and 8.4(a) and (c).
The hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for 90 days. Costs were assessed in the amount of $72.05.