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 MICIDGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226--3236 PHONE: 313·963·5553 I FAX: 313·963-5571
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 SUSPENSION (By Consent)
Case No. 18-103-GA
Notice Issued: November 2,2018
Bart R. Frith, P 39541, Vermontville, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Ingham County Hearing Panel #6.
Suspension - One Year, Effective November 1,2018.
The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a 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 profeSSional misconduct during his representation of numerous indigent criminal defendants in appeals of their criminal convictions contrary to certain standards of practice imposed by the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System (MAACS).
Specifically, the panel found that respondent neglected legal matters which were entrusted to him, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to seek the lawful objectives of his clients,i n violation of MRPC 1.2(a); failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in the representation of his clients, in violation of MRPC 1.3; and violated Minimum Standard for Indigent Criminal Appellate Defense Services Standard 5, as adopted by the Michigan Supreme Court, by abandoning client appeals. Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.1 04( 1 )-(3).
The panel o "Jrdered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for a ts we assessed in the amount of $764.96.
Deputy Director