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RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION WITH CONDITIONS
Case Nos.18-124-AI; 18-144-JC; 18-145-GA
Notice Issued: June 17, 2019
Kevin S. Anderson, P 48851, St. Joseph, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Berrien County Hearing Panel #1.
Suspension - Three Years, Effective June 8,20191
Respondent was convicted - by guilty plea - of one count of possessing a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, in violation of MCl 750.227c. See People v Kevin Scott Anderson, Berrien County Circuit Court, Case No. 2018001936-FH. Respondent was also convicted of Operating While Intoxicated, Third Offense, a felony, in violation of MCl 257.625. See People v Kevin Scott Anderson, lake County Trial Court, Case No. 18-5488-FH. Additionally, based on respondent's default for failing to answer the formal complaint, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct by inappropriately managing an IOl TA,f ailing to respond to a request for investigation involving the IOlTA,a nd neglecting a legal matter.
The panel found that respondent neglected a legal matter entrusted to him, in violation of MRPC 1.1( c); failed to seek the lawful objectives of his client, in violation of MRPC 1.2(a); failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness, in violation of MRPC 1.3; failed to return an unearned fee, in violation of MRPC 1.16(d); failed to respond to a lawful demand for information from a disciplinary authority, in violation of MRPC 8.1 (a)(2); violated the criminal laws of the State of Michigan, contrary to MCR 9.104(5); and failed to answer a request for investigation in conformity with MCR 9.113, in violation of MCR 9.104(7). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1 )-(3); and MRPC 8.4(b).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for a period of three years, that he be required to pay restitution in the amount of $3,600.00, and that he be subject to conditions relevant to the established misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $2,189.47. '1�a
Mark A. Armitage Executive Director
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since October 4, 2018. Please see Notice of Automatic Interim Suspension, issued November 9,2018.