MEMBERS REV. MICHAEL MURRAY CHAIRPERSON JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH
VICE-CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR. LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD ANNA FRUSHOUR
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRA TOR ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case No. 18-64-MZ (Ref. 17-17-GA)
Notice Issued: October 23, 2018 Earl E. Erland, P 41917, Greenville, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Kent County Hearing Panel #1.
Suspension - 180 Days, Effective August 21, 2018. 1 On December 21, 2017, the Attorney Discipline Board denied respondent's motion for reconsideration of their order dismissing respondent's petition for review of Kent County Hearing Panel #1 's order issued on August 30,2017, in Grievance Administrator v Earl E. Erland, Case No. 17 -17 -GA, suspending respondent's license to practice law in Michigan for 45 days and requiring him to pay restitution totaling $2,000. The Board's order established a new effective date and payment date of January 19, 2018, for respondent's suspension and payment of restitution, respectively. On June 11, 2018, the Grievance Administrator filed a motion for an order to show cause why discipline should not be increased alleging that respondent failed to comply with the Board's December 21, 2017 order. Based on the evidence presented, the panel granted the Grievance Administrator's motion and imposed further discipline on respondent.
The hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 180 days, effective August 21, 2018, the date of the show cause hearing held before the panel.
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1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law since January 19, 2018. See Notice of SuspenSion and Restitution, Grievance Administrator V Earl E. Erland, Case No. 17-17-GA, issued January 22, 2018.