NOTICE OF REDUCED SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION Case Nos. 91-228-GA; 91-168-FA Joseph B. Evanski, P-13252, Detroit, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #1's Order of Suspension for 180 days.
1) Suspension - 179 days; 2) Effective March 30, 1995. In the original proceedings, respondent was reprimanded and ordered to make restitution to the complainant in the amount of $13,013.86 plus interest. The order further directed that if respondent did not make restitution within the time prescribed, he would be required to show cause why he should not be suspended from the practice of law for six months. (See Notice of Suspension and Restitution dated June 9, 1994.)
On September 16, 1994, the Grievance Administrator filed a petition for order to show cause alleging that respondent had not made the required restitution. The Attorney Discipline Board entered an order to show cause. Following show cause proceedings, the panel entered an order suspending respondent from the practice of law for a period of 180 days, and again ordering him to make restitution in the amount of $13,013.86 plus interest.
Respondent filed a petition for review. On August 14, 1995, the Attorney Discipline Board entered an order reducing the suspension to 179 days effective March 30, 1995, and directing that respondent may not file an affidavit for reinstatement in accordance with MCR 9.123(A) until he has certified, in writing, that he has made restitution to the complainant in the amount of $13,013.86, plus interest at the statutory rate computed from the filing of the Formal Complaint on November 20, 1991. Costs were assessed in the total amount of $250.75.