ME- PATRICK J. KEATlNG
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MARTIN M. WCTOROff VlCE cnAIRuAt4 CHARLES C. VINCENT. M.D. YCPETAR*
REMONA A. GREEN HANLM M. GURWIN ROBERT S. HARRISON ODESSA KOMER
STATE OF MICHIGAN
JOHN F VAN BOLT a E C U T M W R E C r n 6 GENER4L COUNSEL
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F i l e No. DP 116/84 W i l l i a m J. Lloaley, P 23417, 731 Vi rg in ia Park, D e t r o i t , M I 48202 by the Attorney Disc ip l ine Board increas ing a Rearing Panel Order of Suspension.
1) Revocation; 2 ) E f f e c t i v e June 12 , 1985 (upon h i s convic t ion of a fe lony , Respondent was s u b j e c t to an Automatic In te r im Suspension from the date of convic t ion , Apr i l 23, 1984. A Notice of Automatic Suspension was issued J u l y 5, 1984).
Fol lowing a bench t r i a l upon s t i p u l a t e d f a c t s i n the United S t a t e s D i s t r i c t Court f o r the Northern D i s t r i c t of I l l i n o i s , the
Respondent vas convicted of a felony of knowingly, w i l l f u l l y and unlawful ly consp i r ing to commit fraud a g a i n s t a f e d e r a l l y funded youth program i n v i o l a t i o n of 18:USC:371 h 3214. Respondent was sentenced to i n c a r c e r a t i o n of four teen (14) months, f i v e ( 5 ) years probat ion and r e s t i t u t i o n i n the amount of $50,000.
I n the c r imina l proceedings, Respondent admit ted t h a t f o r f o u r years he was Chairman of the Board of D i r e c t o r s and l e g a l counsel f o r the Afro Youth Community (AYC), a non-profi t corpora t ion i n Chicago providing s e r v i c e s f o r f o s t e r ch i ld ren . While Chairman of the Board of AYC, Respondent incorporated a l e a s i n g company which purchased e x i s t i n g AYC f u r n i t u r e and veh ic les and then leased them back to AYC c o l l e c t i n g r e n t a l payments which exceeded the purchase amount by about $49,000.
Upon e n t r y of the Judgment of Convict ion, Respondent's l i c e n s e t o p r a c t i c e law was au tomat ica l ly suspended and he was ordered to show cause to a hearing panel of the Attorney D i s c i p l i n e Board why a f i n a l
o r d e r of d i s c i p l i n e should n o t be entered.
I n i ts review of the Hearing Panel Order imposing a Suspension o f Two Y e a r s , t h e A t t o r n e y D i s c i p l i n e Board c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e Respondent was convicted of a crime of moral t u r p i t u d e , which i n the con tex t of a t t o r n e y d i s c i p l i n e is " f raud , d e c e i t , and i n t e n t i o n a l dishonesty f o r purposes of personal ga in" , Hat te r of Grimes, 414 Hich, 483; 326 NW2d 380, 383 (1982) . The Board f u r t h e r found t h a t disbarment was warranted i n such caees f o r the reason t h a t "such breacher of a t t o r n e y / c l i e n t t r u s t v i o l a t e our p rofess ion ' s pledge t o seek t r u t h and j u s t i c e . "
The Bearing Panel Order of D i s c i p l i n e , e f f e c t i v e June 12 , 1985, was increased to a Revocation. Costs were assessed i n the amount of $441.40.
By Order of the Michigan Supreme Cour t dated March 26, 1986, R e s p o n d e n t ' s Delayed A p p l i c a t i o n f o r Leave t o Appeal was d e n i e d wi thout p re jud ice t o f u r t h e r proceedings before the Attorney D i s c i p l i n e Board i n the even t t h a t Respondent 's c r i m i n a l convic t ion i s reversed on appea l . 4John P.! Va9nBolt !!&
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