NOTICE OF RECIPROCAL SUSPENSION Case No. 95-205-RD John N. Brugger, Jr., P-33610, Naples, Florida, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #25.
1) Suspension - thirty (30) days; 2) Effective October 15, 1996. On February 23, 1995, the Supreme Court of Florida entered an order suspending respondent from the practice of law in that state for a period of ninety days, effective thirty days from the filing of the order. That order was based on a referee's report which sets forth that respondent entered a conditional guilty plea to violations of Rule 1.7, Conflict of Interest: General; and Rule 1.8, Conflict of Interest: Prohibited Transactions.
On September 5, 1995, the Grievance Administrator filed a Petition for Order to Show Cause based on the Florida proceedings. Respondent did not contest that he was disciplined in Florida or that he was afforded due process of law in the course of the Florida proceedings. Accordingly, the panel found that misconduct was established pursuant to MCR 9.104.
The panel concluded that: A retroactive suspension was inappropriate in this case; imposition of identical discipline would be clearly inappropriate; and respondent should be suspended from the practice of law in Michigan for thirty days commencing twenty-one days after the entry of the order of discipline.
Costs were assessed in the amount of $318.38.