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4EMONA A GREEN iANLEY M GURWIN '4lRICK J KEATING )DESC,A KOMER
STATE OF MICHIGAN
JOHN F VAN BOLT
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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION F i l e No. DP 75/85 Leoar rd P. Emton, P 13231, 1102 L a f a y e t t e B u i l d i n g , D o t r o i t , MI 48226 b y t h e At torney D i s c i p l i n e Board a f f i r m i n g a f i f t e e n month s u s p e n s i o n o r d e r e d by a h e a r i n g p a n e l .
I ) Sumpenmion - f i f t e e n months; 2 ) E f f e c t i v e J u l y 2 9 , 1987. By a m a j o r i t y t h e pane l concluded t h a t Respondent d i d n o t d t l l g e n c l y pursue a n a p p e a l on b e h a l f of a c l i e n t i n a c r i m i n a l m a t t e r and improperly ignored o r d e r s b y t h a C o u r t of A p p e a l s d i r e c t i n g him t o f i l e a b r i e f o r t o o t h e r w i s e respond . T h a t conduc t , i n v i o l a t i o n of flC d Canons 1, 6 & 7 of the Coda of P r o f e s s i o n a l R 1-102(A)(5,6) ; DR 6-101(A)(3) and DR 7-10 ed t o w a r r a n t a s u s p e n r l o n f o r t h r e e months.
T h e pana l de te rmined t h a t a F u r t h e r s u s p e n s i o n f o r twelve moo t h s , t o b e imposed consecu t i v e l y , was w a r r a n t e d b y Respondent'm f a i l u r e t o complete the c o n t r a c t of employment w i t h a c l i e n t i n a n o t h e r c r i m i n a l a p p e a l , h i s f a i l u r e t o respond t o t h e i n q u i r i e s of t h e a Uni ted S t a t e s District C o u r t m a g i s t r a t e t o whom t h e c l i e n t ' s c o m p l a i n t s had been r e f e r r e d , a n d h i s f a l s e s t a t e m e n t s t o t h e m a g i s t r a t e when d i r e c t e d t o a p p e a r b e f o r e t h e Cow t. Respondent 's c o n d u c t was found t o b e i n v i o l a t i o n of HCR d Canons 1, 6 6 7 of t h e Code of P r o f e s s i o n a l DR 1-102(A)(5-6); DR 6-101(A)(3) and DR h e pane l noted p r i o r d i s c i p l i n e c o n s i s t i n g o f a s ix ty-day s u s p e n s i o n e f f e c t i v e Hay 2 8 , 1986.
I n a unanimous o p i n i o n , t h e A t t o r n e y D i s c i p l i n e Board a f f i r m e d t h e f i n d i n g s and order of t h e h e a r i n g p a n e l . Respondentss Mo t i o n f o r Reconsidera t i o n and Reques t f o r S t a y were d e n i e d b y t h e Board i n a n c t d e r e n t e r e d J u l y 30, 1 9 8 7 . T h e
d i s c i p l i n e a f f i r m e d b y t h e Board became e f f e c t i v e J u l y 2 9 , 1987. G??kd John F/. VanBol t