MEMBERS REV. MICHAEL MURRAY CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH VICE-CHAJRPERSON 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 MICIDGAN 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 ADMINISTRATOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC INTERIM SUSPENSION
Case No. 19-5-AI
Notice Issued: January 29,2019
James R. Datsko, P 24295, Elk Rapids, Michigan.
Effective December 14,2018.
On December 14, 2018, respondent was convicted of causing mental harm to a child, a Class F felony in the State of Wisconsin, in violation of Wisconsin Statute 948.04, in a matter titled State of Wisconsin v James Ross Datsko, Brown County Circuit Court, Case No. 2017CF000221. In accordance with MCR 9.120(B)(1). respondent's license to practice law in Michigan was automatically suspended on the date of his felony conviction.
Upon the filing of a certified judgment of conviction, this matter will be assigned to a hearing panel for further proceedings. The interim suspension will remain in effect until the effective date of an order filed by a hearing panel.
Mark A. Armitage Executive Director