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T h i s is t o in fo rm t h e C o u r t s o f t h e S t a t e o f Michigan o f t h e f o l l o w i n g Order o f D i s c i p l i n e :
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION F i l e No. DP-172/80 R e l a t e d No. 998/80 NICHOLAS SALOWICH, J R . , (P19862) , 17023 West 10 Mi le Road, S o u t h f i e l d , M I 48075, by A t t o r n e y D i s c i p l i n e Board Wayne C i r c u i t Hear ing Pane l "L".
(1) Suspens ion ; ( 2 ) For a p e r i o d o f 30 d a y s (added t o a s e p a r a t e 37 month s u s p e n s i o n c u r r e n t l y i n e f f e c t ) ;
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E f f e c t i v e June 24, 1983 (commencing w i t h t h e end o f t h e c u r r e n t 37 month s u s p e n s i o n i n a s e p a r a t e m a t t e r , F i l e No. 36394-A).
The Formal Compla in t c h a r g e s t h a t Respondent was p a i d a r e t a i n e r f e e t o r e p r e s e n t t h e Defendant i n a d i v o r c e p r c c e e d i n g , and f a i l e d t o e n t e r an Appearance o r f i l e a n Answer t o t h e d i v o r c e Compla in t , f a i l e d t o t a k e any a c t i o n wha t soeve r on b e h a l f of h i s c l i e n t , r e s u l t i n g i n a d e f a u l t f o r f a i l u r e t o answer a g a i n s t t h e c l i e n t ; t h a t t h e c l i e n t was informed by t h e Respondent t h a t n o t h i n g had been done , and t h e c l i e n t demanded t h e r e t u r n of t h e fee, which Respon- d e n t r e f u s e d , s a i d a l l e g a t i o n s i n v i o l a t i o n o f Canon 1, DR 1-102, Canon 6 , DR 6-101, and Canon 7 , DR 7-101. Respon-
d e n t was a l s o c h a r g e d w i t h f a i l u r e t o answer t h e Reques t f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n w i t h r e g a r d t o Count I , i n v i o l a t i o n of GCR 962.2 (B) and GCR 953 ( 7 ) .
The Hea r ing P a n e l found t h a t no e v i d e n c e was sub- m i t t e d i n s u p p o r t o f Count I ; however , t h e P a n e l found t h a t Respondent d i d v i o l a t e GCR 962.2 ( B ) , 964.4 ( A ) and 953 ( 7 ) i n t h a t he f a i l e d t o answer t h e Gr i evance A d m i n i s t r a t o r ' s Reques t f o r I n v e s t i g a t i o n and f a i l e d t o f i l e an Answer t o t h e Formal Compla in t . ~ l t h o u g hR espondent d i d n o t move t o s e t a s i d e t h e d e f a u l t , no d i s c i p l i n e was r e n d e r e d a s t o Count
I, due to the a b s e n c e o f e v i d e n c e i n s u p p o r t t h e r e o f . The Hear ing Panel c o n s i d e r e d t h e r e c o r d o f p r i o r mi sconduc t , which r e s u l t e d i n a 3 7 month s u s p e n s i o n , and a s s e s s e d c o s t s i n t h e amount o f $55 .00 . a d .
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Date of I s s u a n c e :
.wC3( 13 1981