MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DER WIELE CHAIRPERSON REV. MICHAEL MURRAY VICE-CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN
JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR. LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226-3236 PHONE: 313-963-5553 I FAX: 313-963-5571
MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
NOTICE OF REINSTATEMENT Case No. 18-15-RP Notice Issued: July 25,2018 Mark S. Demorest, P 35912, Royal Oak, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #54.
Reinstated, Effective April 23, 2018. Petitioner was suspended from the practice of law for a period of 180 days, effective August 31,2017. His petition for reinstatement, filed in accordance with MCR 9.123(B) and MCR 9.124, was granted by Tri-County Hearing Panel #54. The panel concluded that petitioner had satisfactorily established his eligibility for reinstatement in accordance with the guidelines of those court rules. On April 20, 2018, the panel issued its Interim Order of Eligibility for Reinstatement conditioned upon petitioner's payment of bar dues to the State Bar of Michigan. On April 23, 2018, the Board received the required written documentation that petitioner paid his dues with the State Bar of Michigan, and the Board issued an interim order reinstating petitioner to the practice of law in Michigan, effective April 23, 2018, pending the panel's final report and order.
The panel issued its final report and order of reinstatement on June 29, 2018. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $779.04.
Mark A. Armitage Executive Director