MEMBERS REV. MICHAEL MURRAY CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH VICE-CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY
SECRCTARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
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DISMISSAL
Case No. 16-143·GA
Susan E. Paletz, P 34445, Farmington Hills, Michigan. by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #59.
Dismissal - Effective August 30, 2019
The formal complaint alleged that respondent, while a mediator and subsequent arbitrator for a contentious divorce action, failed to disclose a personal relationship with counsel for one of the parties.
The panel found that the Grievance Administrator failed to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence. a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Michigan Court Rules alleged in the formal complaint (MRPC 8.4(a)-(c); MCl 600.5075; and MCR 9.104(1), (2), and (4». No costs were assessed against respondent. / ' ¥1 : ?kt a Mark A. Armitage Executive Director