R.OBERT
MEMBERS MARTIN M. DOCTOROFF CHAIRMAN
S HARRISON VICE CHAIRMAN
CHARLES C. VINCENT, M.D. SECRETARY REMONA A. GREEN HANLEY M. GURWIN PATRICK J. KEATING ODESSA KOMER
STATE OF MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF REPRIMAND F i l e No. DP 139/86
JOHN F. VAN BOLT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8 GENERAL COUNSEL
SUITE 1260 333 W . FORT STREET
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226
Area Code 313 963-5553
W i l l i a m S. Wolanin, P22496, 12049 Ina Drive, S t e r l i n g Heights , M I 48077 by the At torney D i s c i p l i n e Board Wayne County Hearing Panel f 7 .
1) Reprimand ; 2 ) E f f e c t i v e A p r i l 21 , 1987. The H e a r i n g P a n e l c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e Responden t was r e t a i n e d i n F e b r u a r y 1983 t o h a n d l e t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f a decedent ' s estate i n Wayne County Probate Court b u t t h a t t he e s t a t e was n o t c l o s e d i n a t i m e l y manner a s a r e s u l t o f Respondent's f a i l u r e t o r e s o l v e c e r t a i n ques t i ons r ega rd ing t h e e s t a t e ' s l i a b i l i t y f o r i n h e r i t a n c e tax and h i s f a i l u r e t o f i l e a t imely f i n a l account. Respondent 's conduct was found t o b e i n v i o l a t i o n of MCR 9.104(1-4) and Canons 1, 6 & 7 of the Code of P ro fe s s iona l R e s p o n s i b i l i t y DR 1-102 (A) (1 ) (5) (6 ) , DR 6-102 ( 3 ) and DR 7-101 (A) (1-3). The Panel considered the m i t i g a t i n g e f f e c t of Respondent's h o s p i t a l i z a t i o n during the pendency of the estate, h i s p r i o r unblemished r e c o r d and the somewhat t echn ica l n a t u r e of the omissions charged i n the Complaint. Cos ts were a s se s sed i n