MEMBERS REV. MICHAEL MURRAY CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH
VICE·CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY
SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR.
LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD ANNA FRUSHOUR
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMIN/STRA TOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 19-13-GA
Notice Issued: June 7, 2019
Rebecca H. Filiatraut, P 46443, Southfield, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #72.
Reprimand, Effective June 4, 2019.
The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a Stipulation for Consent Order of Discipline, in accordance with MCR 9.115{F)(5), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. The stipulation contained respondent's admissions to the allegations that she committed acts of professional misconduct when she unlawfully attempted to obstruct another party's access to evidence during the discovery period in the matter titled Tera Pearsall v Arnulfo Camcho, et a/., Monroe County Circuit Court, Case No. 17 139771-NI.
Based upon respondent's admissions and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent counseled or assisted another person to unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence; and/or unlawfully alter, destroy, or conceal a document or other material having potential evidentiary value, in violation of MRPC 3.4{a); failed to make reasonably diligent efforts to comply with a legally proper discovery request by an opposing party, in violation of MRPC 3.4(d); and knowingly assisted or induced another to violate or attempt to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, in violation of MRPC 8.4(a). Respondent was also found to have violated MRPC 8.4{c) and MCR 9.104(1)-{3).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $757.75.
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