MEMBERS JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR. VICE-CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN KAREN D. O’DONOGHUE LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD MICHAEL S. HOHAUSER PETER A. SMIT
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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT (By Consent)
Case Nos. 19-117-AI; 20-31-JC Notice Issued: April 22, 2020 Anthony L. Vespa, P 46207, Birmingham, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #11.
Disbarment, Effective August 6, 2019. 1 Respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a Stipulation for Consent Order of Disbarment, 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, by guilty plea, of one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, a felony, in a matter titled United States of America v Anthony Vespa, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 2:19-cr-20220. Based on respondent’s conviction and his admission in the stipulation, the hearing panel found that respondent 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).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. Costs were assessed in the amount of $792.00.
/s/ Mark A. Armitage Executive Director
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since July 1, 2012. Please see Notice of Suspension (By Consent) issued in Grievance Administrator v Anthony L. Vespa, 12-3-GA, on July 6, 2012.