NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case Nos. 93-242-GA; 93-264-FA Donald L. Correll, P-35449, Lansing, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Ingham County Hearing Panel #7.
1) Suspension - 120 days; 2) Effective March 3, 1994. Respondent failed to answer the formal complaint, but appeared at the hearing held in Lansing on December 21, 1993. Respondent's default was entered, and the panel determined that the default established the allegations of the formal complaint.
Respondent was appointed to represent the defendant in post- conviction proceedings, but failed to file a brief on appeal; failed to promptly process a motion for new trial; failed to take any other appellate action or to move to withdraw from the appointment; failed to respond to requests for status reports from the Court of Appeals; failed to turn over the transcripts of the criminal proceedings to successor counsel until an employee of the Court went to his office and obtained the transcripts; failed to keep in reasonable communication with his client; and failed to answer correspondence from the Attorney Grievance Commission.
Respondent's conduct was found to be in violation of MCR 9.103(C); MCR 9.104(1)-(4); and the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct, 1.1(a)-(c); 1.3; 1.4; 3.2; 3.4(c); 8.1(b); and 8.4(a)and(c).
The hearing panel ordered that respondent's license be suspended for 120 days, to run concurrently with the 120-day suspension resulting from the Stipulation for Consent Order of Discipline in Case No. 93-85-GA. Costs were assessed in the amount of $153.00.