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NOTICE OF PROBATION ADB Case No. 4-87 Richard R. Nelson, P 18237, 139 C a d i l l a c Tower, 2nd F loor , D e t r o i t , M I 48226, b y At torney D i s c i p l i n e Board Wayne County Hearing Panel #6.
1 ) Proba t ion - Two yea r s ;
2 ) E f f e c t i v e J u l y 15, 1987. The Hearing Panel accepted the Respondent 's p l ea of no c o n t e s t t o t he a l l e g a t i o n s contained i n two Formal Complaints, t o w i t : t h a t he f a i l e d t o pursue post-convict ion remedies f o r a
c l i e n t i n a c r i m i n a l m a t t e r ; t h a t he f a i l e d t o f i l e a c i v i l a c t i o n w i t h i n the a p p l i c a b l e per iod of l i m i t a t i o n s and f a i l e d t o f u l l y a d v i s e h i s c l i e n t s of the status of t h e i r case: t h a t h i s s t a t emen t s t o h i s c l i e n t s concerning the s t a t u s of t h e i r c a s e were known t o b e f a l s e ; t h a t he f a i l e d t o f i l e t imely answers t o two R e q u e s t s f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n and t h a t he f a i l e d t o f i l e a ' t imely answer t o a Formal Compla in t . Responden t ' s c o n d u c t v i o l a t e d t he p rov i s ions o f MCR 9.104(1-4,7); MCR 9.113.1 and MCR 9.113.2 and Canons 1, 6 & 7 of t h e Code o f P r o f e s s i o n a l Respons ib l i t y , DR 1-102(A)(4-6); DR 6-101(A)(3) and DR 7 - l O l ( ~ )( 1-3).
I n m i t i g a t i o n , the Respondent a s s e r t ed impaired ab ili t y dur ing the per iod when the misconduct occurred. I n accordance w i t h MCR 9 .120(C) , t h e P a n e l c o n c l u d e d t h a t Responden t had demonstrated h i s e l i g i b i l i t y f o r a n o rde r of p roba t ion . Responden t i s p l a c e d on p r o b a t i o n f o r a p e r i o d of two y e a r s s u b j e c t t o c e r t a i n cond i t i ons . Costs were a s se s sed i n the amount
John IF. V'anBol t Da t Le' d: -m 21 1987