EMBERS (ON. MARTIN M. OOCTOROff W R M A N IOBERT S. HARRISON VICE CHAIRAUN :HAALES C. VINCENT, M.D.
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NOTICE OF INCREASED DISCIPLINE F i l e Nos. DP 197184 and DP 176185 W i l l i a m D. Hunter, P 30gf1,1311 E. J e f f e r s o n , D e t r o i t , MI 48207 b y t h e Attorney D i s c i p l i n e Board inc reas ing a Hearing Suspension of one year t o a suspension of two years . 1) Suspension - two y e a r s ;
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2 ) E f f e c t i v e August 25, 1986. The Hearing Panel concluded t h a t misconduct was e s t a b l i s h e d aa a l l e g e d i n two Formal C o m p l a i n t s c h a r g i n g t h a t Responden t i m p r o p e r l y commingled funds r ece ived on beha l f of a c l i e n t b y depos i t i ng a n in su rance s e t t l e m e n t d r a f t i n h i s p a y r o l l account; t h a t h i s withdrawal of those funds t o d i scha rge h i s own ob l iga t i o n s c o n s t i t u t e d a misappropria t i o n ; that Respondent 's answer t o a Request f o r Inves t i g a t i o n was i n t e n t i o n a l l y f a l s e
and misleading; that he was r e s p o n s i b l e , e i t h e r d i r e c t l y o r b y h i s f a i l u r e
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t o supe rv i se h i s employees,
f o r c e r t a i n a1 t e r a t i o n s and forgeries which
appeared on documents submit ted t o the United S ta tes Baakrup t c y Cour t; Respondent f a i l e d t o honor a promise t o a c l i e n t that a r e t a i n e r f e e would
b e r e tu rned and f a i l e d t o answer the Request f o r I n v e s t i g t i o n f i l e d b y the c l i e n t ; that he rece ived a r e t a i n e r t o handle a p rope r ty t i t l e t r a n s f e r b u t
f a i l e d t o take a c t i o n and f a i l e d t o answer t h e Request f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n ; and that Respondent d id n o t adequate ly r e p r e s e n t a c l i e n t i n a bankruptcy mat te r and submit ted a n answer t o the Request f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n which was misleading.
The Hearing Panel found t h a t Respondent' s conduct v i o l a t e d the p rov i s ions of MCR 9.104(1-7), 9 . 1 1 3 ( ~ ) ( B ) and 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 )( 3-6), DR 2-101(A) ( 3 ) , DR 6-10l(A) ( 2 , 3 ) and DR 7-101(A)(B). The P a n e l o r d e r e d a s u s p e n s i o n of one y e a r a n d o r d e r e d r e s t i t u t i o n t o two i n d i v i d u a l s i n the amount of $1000.00 and $140.00.
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P e t i t i o n s f o r Review were f i l e d by the Respondent and the Grievance Adminis t ra tor . By a ma jo r i t y , the Board a f f i rmed the Pane l ' s f a c t u a l conclus ions b u t increased d i s c i p l i n e t o a suspension of two yea r s , no t ing t h a t Respondent 's misuse of funds was compounded by h i s use of mis leading s ta tements t o de lay repayment. Costs i n t hese proceedings were a s se s sed i n
the amount of $1113.35. I n a n Order dated June 16, 1987, Respondent 's Appl ica t ion f o r Leave t o Appeal t he d e c i s i o n of the Attorney D i s c i p l i n e