NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (By Consent)
ADB 181-88 J. Laevin Weiner, Bloomfield Hills, MI, by Attorney Discipline Board Oakland County Hearing Panel #12.
1) Suspension - 2 years and 11 months; 2) Effective December 2, 1988. The hearing panel and the Attorney Grievance Commission accepted a Stipulation for Consent Order of Discipline filed in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5) containing respondent's plea of nolo contendere to charges that he was entrusted with funds paid by investors in a business venture to purchase, manage and sell chinchilla animals but that during the period October 1984 to June 1986, he misappropriated investment proceeds totaling $86,500 from his law firm client trust account. Respondent's conduct was alleged to be in violation of MCR 9.104(1-5) and Canon 1 of the Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1-102(A)(1,3-6). Costs were assessed in the amount of $359.96.