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r,lOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case Nos. 19-70-JC; 19-71-GA
Notice Issued: October 9, 2019
James E. Hall, P 41704, Toledo, Ohio, by the Attorney Discipline Board Washtenaw County Hearing Panel #4.
Reprimand, Effective September 28, 2019
The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed an Amended Stipulation for Consent Order of Reprimand, in accordance with MCR 9.115(F}(5}, which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. The stipulation contained respondent's admission that he was convicted of (1) Attempted assaulting/resisting/obstructing police officer, a misdemeanor, in violation of MCl 750.81 (D}(1}(A); and (2) operating while impaired, a misdemeanor, in violation of MCl 257.625(3}-A, in a matter titled State of Michigan v James E. Hall, 1st District Court Case No. 17-4169-FY. Additionally, the amended stipulation contains respondent's admission that he failed to timely report his convictions to the Attorney Grievance Commission and the Attorney Discipline Board, as alleged in the formal complaint.
Based upon respondent's admissions and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent failed to report his two convictions, in violation of MCR 9.120(A} and (B); and engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state or of the United States, an ordinance, or tribal law pursuant to MCR 2.615, in violation of MCR 9.104(5). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1) and (4); and MRPC 8.4(a) and (c).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $756.96. '- a Il-A- -,;t:=:- :" Mark A. Armitage
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