NOTICE OF REPRIMAND ADB 218-87; 250-87 Susan E. Chimner, P-32985, Cheboygan, Michigan by Attorney Discipline Board Grand Traverse County Hearing Panel.
1) Reprimand; 2) Effective November 18, 1988. The Respondent prepared and executed a Last Will and Testament for a client in July 1985; in violation of her duties as scrivener of said Will, Respondent included a bequest in the amount of $3,000.00 to herself. In December 1985 Respondent prepared and executed a Codicil to the above mentioned Will. In violation of her duties as scrivener of the Codicil Respondent reiterated in the Codicil the bequest to herself in the Will; included in the Codicil a bequest to Respondent's husband in the amount of $5,000.00; and included in the Codicil an additional bequest to herself in the amount of $10,000.00. Respondent's conduct was found to be in violation of MCR 9.104(1-4) and Canons 1 and 5 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1-102(A) (5, 6) and DR 5-101(A). As a condition of the Reprimand, Respondent is required to attend and least fifteen (15) hours of continuing legal education in professional ethics, wills and estate planning and law office management. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1226.20.