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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION (Pending Appeal)
Case No. 19-31-GA
Notice Issued: October 9, 2019
John P. Lozano, P 52862, Saginaw, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Genesee County Hearing Panel #1.
Suspension - Three Years, Effective October 3,2019
Based on respondent's default, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct by failing to keep a client reasonably informed and by misappropriating clients funds.
The panel found that respondent failed to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter,i n violation of MRPC 1.4(a); failed to promptly notify a client when funds in which the client had an interest were received, in violation of MRPC 1.15(b)(1); failed to promptly pay or deliver any funds that a client was entitled to receive,a nd failed to promptly render a full accounting regarding the funds, in violation of MRPC 1.15(b) (3); failed to hold property of a client in connection with a representation separate from his own property, in violation of MRPC 1.15(d); and filed an answer to a request for investigation that contained a misrepresentation and/or did not fully and fairly disclose all the facts and circumstances pertaining to the alleged misconduct, in violation of MCR 9.104(6), MCR 9.104(7), and MCR 9.113(A). Respondent was also found to have violated MRPC 8.4(a) and (b); and MCR 9.104(2) and (3).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for a period of three years, that he be required to pay restitution in the amount of $3,500.00. The Grievance Administrator filed a petition for review seeking an increase in the level of discipline. The review hearing in this matter is scheduled on December 11, 2019. 1/ ,