NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case Nos. 92-33-GA; 92-57-PA Cecelia Henderson, P34121, Beverly Hills, California (formerly of Detroit, Michigan), by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #15.
1) Suspension - 30 days; 2) Effective August 1, 1992. Although the respondent was in default and failed to appear at the hearing held in Detroit on April 1, 1992, the hearing panel dismissed Formal Complaint 92-33-GA for the petitioner's failure to provide a well-pleaded complaint which set forth a prima facie case with respect to any of the counts. The panel found that the allegation of misconduct contained in Formal Complaint 92-57-FA was established by a preponderance of the evidence.
Respondent failed to timely answer Formal Complaint 92-33-GA in violation of MCR 9.104(1,2,4,7); and the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct, 8.1(b); 8.4(a,c). Costs were assessed in the amount of $251.85.