NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (By Consent)
ADB 69-89 Martin E. Testasecca, P-36671, Farmington Hills, MI by Attorney Discipline Board Oakland County Hearing Panel #14.
1) Suspension - one year; 2) Effective October 18, 1989. The hearing panel and the Attorney Grievance Commission approved a stipulation for consent order of discipline submitted by the respondent and the Grievance Administrator in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5). The respondent agreed that an order suspending his license for one year could be entered upon acceptance of his plea of no contest to charges that he received the sum of $5280 from clients on behalf of his employer but that he failed to relinquish the funds to the law firm and used the money for his own benefit. His conduct was alleged to be in violation of MCR 9.104(1-4) and Canons 1 and 9 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1-102(A)(1,3-6) and DR 9-102(B)(2,3). Costs were assessed in the amount of $140.10.