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(1) Suspension; ( 2 ) For a p e r i o d of t h r e e ( 3 ) y e a r s less one (1) day; ( 3 ) E f f e c t i v e November 3 0 , 19.83.
The h e a r i n g p a n e l found t h a t t h e Respondent had v io - l a t e d t h e d i s c i p l i n a r y r u l e s a s cha rged i n t h e two c o u n t Formal Compla in t , p u r s u a n t t o Responden t ' s f a i l u r e t o answer r e s u l t i n g i n a d e f a u l t . Respondent was r e t a i n e d i n February 1981 t o pro- b a t e a c e r t a i n e s t a t e , was p a i d a r e t a i n e r f e e , f i l e d a p e t i t i o n
f o r independen t p r o b a t e , o b t a i n e d l e t t e r s of a u t h o r i t y b u t t h e r e - a f t e r f a i l e d t o seek t h e l a w f u l o b j e c t i v e s of t h e c l i e n t and s e r i o u s l y n e g l e c t e d t h e c a s e . Respondent f a i l e d t o f i l e inven- t o r i e s and a c c o u n t i n g s , pay f e e s and t a x e s , s e e k c o u r t a p p r o v a l of Responden t ' s r e t a i n e r f e e , n o t i f y c l i e n t o r c o u r t r e g a r d i n g a d d r e s s and phone number changes , and f u r t h e r f a i l e d t o n o t i f y t h e c l i e n t and t h e c o u r t o f h e r d e c i s i o n t o withdraw from t h e p r a c t i c e of law and t h e h a n d l i n g o f s a i d e s t a t e r e s u l t i n g i n s u s p e n s i o n o f p r o b a t e p r o c e e d i n g s and t h e n e c e s s i t y f o r t h e c l i e n t t o o b t a i n s u b s t i t u t e c o u n s e l a t a d d i t i o n a l expense ; unused p o r t i o n s o f t h e r e t a i n e r f e e w e r e n o t r e funded t o t h e c l i e n t . The p a n e l found, i n r e g a r d t o a s e p a r a t e c l i e n t who had r e t a i n e d Respondent t o i n s t i t u t e d i v o r c e and c h i l d c u s t o d y p r o c e e d i n g s , t h a t Respondent f i l e d a compla in t f o r d i v o r c e and a d e f a u l t , b u t wi thdrew from t h e p r a c t i c e of law and t h e h a n d l i n g
of s a i d m a t t e r w i t h o u t n o t i f y i n g t h e c l i e n t and f a i l e d t o sub- m i t a motion t o wi thdraw t o t h e c o u r t , t h a t Respondent f a i l e d
t o communicate w i t h h e r c l i e n t f o r approx imate ly 2 y e a r s , t h a t t h e c l i e n t had t o o b t a i n s u b s t i t u t e c o u n s e l a t a d d i t i o n a l ex- pense , hav ing r e c e i v e d no r e f u n d of t h e unused p o r t i o n o f t h e r e t a i n e r f e e . The p a n e l found v i o l a t i o n s of GCR 1963, 953(1-4)
and Canons 1, 6 , 7 and 9 of t h e Code of P r o f e s s i o n a l ~ e s p o n s i b i l i t y , t o - w i t : DR1-1 . 0 2 ( A ) ( 5 ) ( 6 ) , DR6-101 ( A ) (1-3) , DR7-101 ( A ) (1-3) and DR9-102 ( B ) ( 4 ) The Respondent f a i l e d t o answer t h e Formal Com- p l a i n t and a d e f a u l t was e n t e r e d . Respondent d i d n o t a p p e a r b e f o r e t h e h e a r i n g p a n e l d i s p i t e a n o t i c e r e q u i r i n g t h e same.
The p a n e l n o t e d no r e c o r d o f p r e v i o u s d i s c i p l i n e . a s s e s s e d .
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