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NOTICE OF REVOCATION DP 145/84; ADB 188-88 C a r l Leibowitz, P 16531, Chicago, I l l i n o i s , by At to rney D i s c i p l i n e Board Wayne County Hear ing Panel 810.
1 ) Revoca t ion ; 2) E f f e c t i v e November 29, 1988. The r e s p o n d e n t was c o n v i c t e d on October 30, 1987 i n a Uni ted S t a t e s D i s t r i c t C o u r t i n I n d i a n a of c o n s p i r a c y t o commit m u r d e r , a t t e m p t t o o b s t r u c t j u s t i c e by a t t e m p t e d murder of a grand j u r y w i t n e s s , a t t e m p t e d murder of a grand j u r y w i t n e s s , use of i n t e r s t a t e commerce f o r commission
of m u r d e r by h i r e , a n d a i d i n g a n d a b e t t i n g . I n a s e p a r a t e c r i m i n a l p roceed ing , r esponden t e n t e r e d a p l e a of g u i l t y on A p r i l 1 8 , 1988 i n t h e Uni ted S t a t e s D i s t r i c t Court f o r t h e Northern D i s t r i c t of I n d i a n a and was c o n v i c t e d o f c o n s p i r a c y t o d e f r a u d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , p o s t a l f r a u d ,
a s s i s t i n g i n p r e p a r a t i o n of f a l s e income t a x r e t u r n s , making f a l s e income t a x d e c l a r a t i o n s , and a i d i n g and a b e t t i n g .
The judgments of c o n v i c t i o n f i l e d by t h e Grievance A d m i n i s t r a t o r i n accordance w i t h MCR 9.120 were c o n s o l i d a t e d f o r h e a r i n g w i t h a m a t t e r t h e n
pending b e f o r e a h e a r i n g p a n e l based upon t h e r e s p o n d e n t ' s a d j u d i c a t i o n of p r o f e s s i o n a l misconduct by t h e D i s c i p l i n a r y Commission of t h e I n d i a n a
Supreme Court. The A d m i n i s t r a t o r submi t t ed proof t h a t r esponden t ' s l i c e n s e t o p r a c t i c e i n I n d i a n a was suspended f o r two y e a r s e f f e c t i v e J u l y 26, 1982 on f i n d i n g s t h a t h e e n t e r e d i n t o a p r o h i b i t e d b u s i n e s s r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h a c l i e n t ; t h a t he n e g l e c t e d a p r o b a t e p roceed ing and n e g l e c t e d a p r o b a t e
e s t a t e , a l l i n v i o l a t i o n of Canons 5, 6 and 7 of t h e Code of P r o f e s s i o n a l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y , DR 5-104(A); DR 6-101(A)(3) and DR 7-101(A)(3).
Fol lowing e n t r y of a n o r d e r d i r e c t i n g t h e responden t t o show c a u s e why a f i n a l o r d e r of d i s c i p l i n e shou ld n o t be e n t e r e d , t h e h e a r i n g p a n e l concluded t h a t r e s p o n d e n t ' s l i c e n s e t o p r a c t i c e law i n Michigan shou ld be revoked. Costs were a s s e s s e d i n t h e amount of $235.45. d h ~ John ,F.j VanBolt