NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 00-207-GA Notice Issued: March 21, 2001 R. Emmet Hannick, P-14614, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #104.
1. Reprimand; 2. Effective March 21, 2001. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a consent order of discipline in accordance with MCR 9.115(f)(5) which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. Respondent offered a plea of no contest to the charges of misconduct contained in Formal Complaint 00-207-GA, specifically: That respondent failed to maintain his bank account as an identified AIOLTA@ account, nor was the interest generated on the account remitted to the Michigan State Bar Foundation; failed to identify his account as a client trust account; commingled trust funds of his client with his personal funds; and placed trust and personal funds into his account. Respondent=s conduct was in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(a)-(c); and 8.4(a)-(c).
Based upon the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $274.40.