NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITIONS (By Consent) Case No. 94-42-GA; 94-65-FA
Wayne Woodford, P 41832, Taylor, Michigan by Attorney Discipline Board, Tri-County Hearing Panel #19.
1) Suspension - Three Years; 2) Effective June 6, 1994. The Grievance Administrator and the respondent filed a stipulation for consent order of discipline in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5) which was accepted by the Attorney Grievance Commission and a panel. The respondent admitted, by default, the allegations of professional misconduct contained in two formal complaints: to wit, that the respondent was retained in 1989 to pursue a personal injury action but that he failed to meet filing and discovery deadlines imposed by the Court, misappropriated settlement funds delivered to him by a defendant in the case; failed to timely deliver the settlement funds to his client; failed to disclose the mishandling of those funds in his answer to a Request for Investigation and failed to file a timely answer to the formal complaint.
Respondent's conduct was deemed to be in violation of MCR 9.103(C); MCR 9.104(1-4, 6,7); MCR 9.113(A) and the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1(c); 1.3; 1.4; 1.15; 8.1(a,b); and, 8.4(a,c).
In accordance with the stipulation filed by the Grievance Administrator and the respondent on September 16, 1994, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law for a period of three years commencing June 6, 1994 with conditions governing his handling of client funds and continued medical treatment in the event of a successful petition for reinstatement under MCR 9.123 and MCR 9.124.
Costs were assessed in the amount of $577.21.