NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND PROBATION (By Consent)
Case No. 00-006-GA Issued: June 19, 2000 Martin A. Scott, P-25214, Birmingham, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #106.
1. Suspension - 60 days; 2. Probation - 3 Years; 2. Effective June 7, 1999. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for consent discipline pursuant to MCR 9.115(F)(5) which contained respondent's plea of no contest to the charges in the formal complaint that he failed to prosecute an employment
discrimination matter on behalf of a client and failed to communicate with his client about the status of that matter; that he failed to further another client's objectives in an
employment discrimination matter, failed to file a pre-hearing statement requested by the tribunal and failed to keep his client reasonably informed regarding the status of the matter.
Respondent's conduct was alleged to be in violation of MCR 9.104(1 )-(4) and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (c); 1.2(a); 1.3; 1.4(a); 3.2; 3.4(c); and 8.4(a) and (c).
The hearing panel accepted the stipulation of the parties that respondent's license should be suspended for a period of 60 days retroactive to June 7, 1999, followed by a
three year probationary period, both to run concurrently with a 60 day suspension and probation (by consent) imposed in Grievance Administrator v. Martin A. Scott, ADS Case 98-147-GA; 98-174-FA. Costs were assessed in the amount of $83.19.