NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITIONS Case Nos. 96-165-GA; 96-195-FA Karen E. Werme, P-37016, Kalamazoo, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Calhoun County Hearing Panel.
1) Suspension - Eighteen (18) Months; 2) Effective April 23, 1997. The panel found, by default, that respondent failed to answer a Request for Investigation and failed to answer the Formal Complaints, 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 8.1(b) and 8.4(a) and (c). Respondent also failed to appear at the disciplinary hearings.
The panel ordered that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months effective April 23, 1997, the expiration date of the one-year suspension imposed in Case Nos. 95-249-GA. The panel also imposed conditions relevant to the established misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $499.07.
NOTE: Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since October 26, 1995.