NOTICE OF REPRIMAND Case Nos. 96-241-GA; 96-268-FA Dennis James Dunn, P-30211, Farmington Hills, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #63.
1) Reprimand; 2) Effective July 30, 1997. Respondent was retained to represent the complainant in a wrongful discharge matter. The panel found that the allegations in the Formal Complaints were established by default. Those allegations included failure to answer the Request for Investigation, and failure to answer the Formal Complaints. Notwithstanding the defaults, the panel made specific findings that the evidence did not support the other allegations in the Formal Complaints.
Respondent's conduct was alleged 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 1.1(c); 1.3; 1.4(a) and (b); 1.15(b); 1.16(d); 3.2; 8.1(b); and 8.4(a)-(c).
The panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $565.64.