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
ALL YSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF REPRIMAND WITH CONDITIONS (By Consent)
Case No. 18-85-GA
Notice Issued: January 9,2019
Erica Cicchelli, P 58553, Southfield, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #79.
Reprimand, Effective January 9, 2019
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. Based upon respondent's admissions and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent committed acts of professional misconduct when she failed to hold property of clients in connection with a representation separate from her own property and failed to deposit all client funds in an IOLT A or non-IOL TA, in violation of MRPC 1.15(d); deposited her own funds in a client trust account in an amount more than reasonably necessary to pay financial institution service charges or fees or to obtain a waiver of service charges or fees, in violation of MRPC 1.15(f); and failed to deposit an expense paid in advance into a client trust account and to withdraw the funds only when the expense is incurred, in violation of MRPC 1.15(g). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(2).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded with conditions relevant to the established misconduct. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,504.71.
Deputy Director