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NOTICE OF SUSPENSXON FILE NO. DP L95/85 CARL A. BRENDLE, P 11164, 3 3 New Faun C o u r t , S a f e t y Harbor, FL 33572 by Oakland County Bearing Panel 812.
(1) Suspension f o r four (4) years; (2) E f fec t ive J u l y 31, 1986. The Formal Complaint f i l e d by the Grievance Administrator charged that the Respondent has f a i l e d o r r e f used to s a t i s f y a Judgment rendered a g a i n s t hia i n the 68th J u d i c i a l District Court order ing the r e t u r n of unearned a t t o r n e y f ees . Count I1 of the Complaint a l l e g e d t h a t the Respondent had f a i l e d t o answer the R e q u e s t f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n f i l e d by t h e f o r m e r c l i e n t and served upon the Respondent by the Grievance Administrator.
The Respondent d i d n o t f i l e a n answer t o t h e Formal Complaint nor d id he appear a t the scheduled hearing.
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Respondent was found t o be i n v i o l a t i o n of MCR 9.104(1-4)(7), MCR 9.113(B)(2) and Canon 1 of the Code of
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Responsib i l i ty , DR 1 -102(~) (1 ) (5 ) (6 ) . The Panel noted a p r i o r reprimand issued by the Attorney Disc ip l ine Board and Respondent's f a i l u r e to communicate o r t o appear a t any s t age of t h e s e d i s c i p l i n a r y h e a r i n g s . Evidence was p r e s e n t e d a t t h e hear ing suggesting t h a t Respondent has abandoned the p r a c t i c e of Law i n the S t a t e of Michigan and r e s i d e s i n the S t a t e of Flor ida . The Hearing Panel ordered t h a t Respondent's l i c e n s e to p r a c t i c e law in Michigan be suspended f o r four (4 ) yea r s , and t h a t c o s t s i n t h i s a c t i o n be r e imbursed i n t h e amount of One Hundred Twenty-Nine and 671100 ($129.67) Dol lars .
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