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
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ALLY SON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF REINSTATEMENT WITH CONDITIONS
Case No. 16-103-RP
Notice Issued: November 6,2018
Robert J. Connelly, P 38051, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County Hearing Panel #1.
Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board
Reinstated, Effective November 6, 2018.
Petitioner was first suspended from the practice of law in Michigan for one year, effective April 15, 2005, in Grievance Administrator v Robert J. Connelly, Case Nos. 04-41-GA; 04-165-GA, and was disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan, effective April 15, 2006, in Grievance Administrator v Robert J. Connelly, Case No. 09-30-GA. His petition for reinstatement, filed in accordance with MCR 9.123{B) and MCR 9.124, was granted by Kalamazoo County Hearing Panel #1. The panel concluded that petitioner satisfactorily established his eligibility for reinstatement in accordance with the guidelines of those court rules. On April 14, 2017, the panel issued its Order of Eligibility for Reinstatement With Conditions. On October 31, 2018, the Board received the required written documentation that petitioner paid his dues with the State Bar of Michigan and the required written documentation that respondent had been recertified by the State of Michigan Board of Law Examiners.
The Board issued an order reinstating petitioner to the practice of law in Michigan with conditions, effective November 6, 2018.
Deputy Director