NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 93-229-GA Christopher Trainor, P-42449, Detroit, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #1.
1) Reprimand; 2) Effective July 27, 1994. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for consent order of discipline pursuant to MCR 9.115(F)(5), which was approved by the hearing panel and the Attorney Grievance Commission.
The respondent admitted the allegations in an amended formal complaint that in his representation of a plaintiff in a civil action, he received a settlement check in the amount of $650.00 made payable to the respondent and his client; that he deposited the check in his trust account without his client's endorsement; and that he subsequently applied the entire amount to a statement for attorney fees without his client's consent.
Respondent's conduct was admitted to be in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-(4) and Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15(a)-(c) and 8.4(a)-(c).
Costs were assessed in the amount of $85.00.