NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case Nos. 92-215-GA; 92-245-FA Frederick L. McDonald, P-17366, Ann Arbor, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board increasing Washtenaw County Hearing Panel #4's Order of Suspension for thirty-five days.
1) Suspension - sixty (60) days; 2) Effective August 19, 1996. The panel found that respondent failed to answer a Request for Investigation and failed to timely answer two 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). On April 10, 1995, the panel entered an order directing that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for thirty-five days.
The Grievance Administrator and the respondent each filed a petition for review. Respondent received an automatic stay of discipline. On October 20, 1995, the Attorney Discipline Board entered an order increasing discipline to a sixty-day suspension. In doing so, the Board noted that respondent's 1993 reprimand in Case Nos. 91-256-GA; 92-1-FA also involved failure to answer a Request for Investigation and failure to timely answer Formal Complaints. Respondent filed a motion for reconsideration, which was denied by the Board in an order entered November 16, 1995.
Respondent filed an application for leave to appeal, which was denied by the Michigan Supreme Court in an order entered July 29, 1996. The Court's order further directed that the automatic stay granted pursuant to MCR 9.122(C) remain in effect until twenty-one days after the effective date of the order.
Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,589.54.