UEMBEAS MARTIN M DOCTOROFF CNIlRMAN ROBERT S HARRISON VICE CMtRMAN CHARLES C VINCENT. M D sEcREru(r REMONA A GREEN HANLEY M GURWIN PATRICK J KEATING ODESSA KOMER
STATE OF MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF UPRIIMND F i l e No. DP 48/85 t c o a a r d B . Eston , P 13231, D e t r o i t , UI 48226. b y t h e Michigan Respondent's Applica t i o n f o r Leave D i s c i p l i n e Board Order of Reprimand.
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1) Reprimand; 2 ) E f f e c t i v e June 2 6 , 1987. The Hearing Pane l found t h a t Respondent, accompanied b y h i s employee and a c l i e n t , e n t e r e d the o f f i c e of another a t t o r n e y
and made a n i n a p p r o p r i a t e d i s p l a y of a n g e r , used f o u l l anguage and v e r b a l l y abused t h a t a t t oraey. The Panel concluded, however,
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t h a t w h i l e Respondent 's conduct was " s o c i a l l y r e p r e h e n s i b l e " and "not i n conformance w i t h e i t h e r the p u b l i c o r t h e B a r ' s e x p e c t a t i o n of behavior" , such conduct was n o t deemed t o v i o l a t e a s p e c i f i c c o u r t r u l e o r d i s c i p l i n a r y r u l e .
Upon its r e v i e w of the r e c o r d , t h e At torney D i s c i p l i n e Board a f f i r m e d t h e P a n e l ' s f a c t u a l f i n d i n g s b u t h e l d t h a t Respondent 's conduct f e l l w i t h i n the l e t t e r and s p i r i t of UCR 9- .1-~0 4(.2 ). which nrohib i t s conduct " t h a t exposes t h e l e g a l p r o f e s s i o n t ntempt, censure o r r e
Respondent 's use of c o n f r o n t a t i o n t o g a i n posseas ion o f h i s c l i e n t ' s f i l e could By b j o r i t y , t h e Board ordered t h a t Respondent b e reprimanded. C o s t s were a s s e s s e d i n t h e amount of $777.66.
Respondent's
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f o r Leave t o Appeal da ted June 2 6 , 1987.
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