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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION ' B ~4s1 VO 9 ib James W e Daly, P 25170, Adrian, M I by Attorney D i s c i p l i n e Board, Wayne County Hearing Panel 112.
I ) Suspension - 120 days; 2) E f f e c t i v e July 7, 1988. I n a S t i p u l a t i o n f o r Consent Order of D i s c i p l i n e f i l e d i n accordance wi th MCR 9.115(F) (5 ) on October 19 , 1988, t h e respondent o f f e r e d h i e p l e a of no c o n t e s t t o charges conta ined i n a formal complaint t h a t he accepted a r e t a i n e r t o appea l a n OUIL conv ic t ion b u t f a i l e d t o t a k e a c t i o n on hi8 c l i e n t ' s b e h a l f , f a i l e d t o communicate wi th h i s c l i e n t and f a i l e d t o re fund t h e unused p o r t i o n of t h e f e e s ; t h a t he accepted a r e t a i n e r f o r t h e purpose of appea l ing t h e c r i m i n a l conv ic t ion of ano the r c l i e n t b u t f a i l e d t o t a k e a c t i o n i n t h a t ma t t e r ; f a i l e d t o communicate w i t h t h e c l i e n t and f a i l e d t o
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refund t h e unused p o r t i o n of t h e f e e s ; and t h a t he f a i l e d t o answer two Requests f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n . This conduct was a l l e g e d t o be i n v i o l a t i o n of MCR 9.104(1-4,7); and Canons 1, 2, 6 and 7 of t h e Code of P r o f e s s i o n a l Respons ib i l i t y , DR 1-102(A)(1,5,6); DR 1-110(A)(3); DR 6-101(A)(3) and DR - O ( A ) ( l - 3 The s t i p u l a t i o n , which was a p p r o v e d by t h e A t t o r n e y Grievance C o m i s s i o n and t h e hea r ing panel , was f u r t h e r deemed t o
c o n s t i t u t e a r e s o l u t i o n of any misconduct charges a r i s i n g from respondent ' s conv ic t ion of a misdemeanor i n Macomb County C i r c u i t Court i n September 1988. Costs were a s s e s s e d i n t h e amount of $215.16.
John Be VanBolt D a[z d 161988