AMENDED NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (By Consent)
Case No. 95-102-GA C. William Garratt, P-13858, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #74.
1) Suspension - 120 Days; 2) Effective September 4, 1997. Respondent pled no contest to allegations that he pursued litigation on behalf of a client who had filed pleadings that contained scandalous allegations for the allegedly improper purpose of harassment and vexation.
In a separate matter, respondent was a party of record in civil litigation before the Michigan Court of Appeals. Regarding the appellate brief filed in that matter, respondent pled no contest to allegations that he claimed that there existed a "concurrent application for leave to appeal," when he knew or should have known this to be false because no such application had been filed.
Respondent pled no contest to charges that his conduct violated MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 3.1 and 8.4(a) and (c).
The parties stipulated that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for 120 days commencing September 4, 1997. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,828.17.