NOTICE OF REPRIMAND Case Nos. 98-55-GA; 98-77-FA Priscilla Laidlaw-Jackson (a/k/a Priscilla Ruesink Jackson), P-28892, Adrian, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Washtenaw County Hearing Panel #3.
1) Reprimand; 2) Effective July 18, 1998. The complainant retained and paid the respondent $790 to represent her in a divorce matter. An action was filed on the complainant's behalf in circuit court. The panel found that the respondent failed to respond to three letters from the complainant requesting a refund and an itemized statement of the respondent's services; failed to answer the Request for Investigation; and failed to timely answer the Formal Complaints.
Respondent's conduct was found to be in violation of MCR 9.103(C); MCR 9.104(1)-(4) and (7); MCR 9.113(A) and (B)(2); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(b); 8.1(b); and 8.4(a) and (c).
The panel ordered that the respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $421.92.