NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC INTERIM SUSPENSION Case No. 99-150-JC
Michael J. Garzoni, P-34927, Bingham Farms, Michigan.
Effective October 23, 1997 1
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On October 23, 1997, respondent was convicted, by guilty plea, of two counts of interstate transportation of property taken by fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. '2314 and 2 and one count of securities fraud in violation of 15 U.S.C. '78j(b) and 78ff, 17 C.F.R. 240.10b-5. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Case Numbers 96-80764 and 96-80858). In accordance with MCR 9.120(B)(1), respondent=s license to practice law in Michigan was automatically suspended on the date of that felony conviction.
On September 20, 1999, the Grievance Administrator filed a judgment of conviction pursuant to MCR 9.120(B)(3). In accordance with that rule, the Attorney Discipline Board has ordered respondent to appear before Tri-County Hearing Panel #24 to show cause why a final order of discipline should not be entered.
1 Respondent=s guilty plea was accepted by U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn on October 23, 1997. His conviction and automatic suspension were effective that date under MCR 9.120(B)(1). Respondent=s judgment of sentence was entered June 3, 1998. Notice of the conviction and judgment of sentence was provided to the Attorney Discipline Board on September 8, 1999.