MEMBERS REV. MICHAEL MURRAY CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH VICE·CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY
SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN KAREN D. O'DON OGHUE
STATE OF MICIDGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT
Case No. 19 11 GA
Notice Issued: July 2, 2019
Susan F. Reed, P 26897, Detroit, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #66.
Disbarment, Effective June 26, 2019.1
Based on respondent's default and the evidence presented at the hearing, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct in her representation of a client in a criminal matter by failing to respond to the client when he requested a copy of the file, including all discovery materials and assistance drafting a motion for relief from judgment; failing to respond to the client's successor counsel in his request for a copy of the file, including all discovery materials, and by failing to answer an Attorney Grievance Commission request for investigation.
The panel found that respondent failed to make a defendant's file, including all discovery material, available for copying upon request of the defendant's appellate lawyer, in violation of MCR 6.005(H)(5); failed to surrender papers and property to which the client was entitled, in violation of MRPC 1.16(d); and failed to answer a request for investigation in conformity with MCR 9.113(A), in violation of MCR 9.104(7). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1) -(4) and MRPC 8.4(a) and (c).
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,775.96.
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1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since October 20, 2016. Please see Order of Interim Suspension, issued October 20, 2016, Grievance Administrator v Susan F. Reed, Case No. 16-76-GA.