BOARO M E M ~ C R S JOHN L COTE. CH*IRPC- LEO A. FARHAT MSG. C L E M C N ~n 6ERW DAVID EAI(ER L E W I S SECRETART FRANfi J M C O N I 0~ . 0. WILLIAM G. REAMON LYNN H SHECTER. VICE-CHAIRPERSON
STATE O F M I C H I G A N
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JOHN F. X.0WAIHY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6 GENERAL COUNSEL
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NOTICE O F REVOCATION
DONALD G . HUBER (P 15207) , 3700 E a s t Hiawatha D r . , Okemos, M I , 48864, by t h e At to rney D i s c i-p l i n e Board i n c r e a s i n g d i s c i p l i n e imposed by a h e a r i n g panel .
(1) Revocation of l i c e n s e ; ( 2 ) E f f e c t i v e March 31, 1983 ( A s i n d i c a t e d i n a p r i o r n o t i c e of suspension pending a p p e a l i s s u e d A p r i l 3 , 1983) .
The Board, i n c r e a s i n g t h e p a n e l suspension of one y e a r t o r e v o c a t i o n of Respondent ' s l i c e n s e a f f i rmed t h e follow- i n g f i n d i n g s of f a c t : Respondent d r a f t e d a t r u s t and t h e r e a f t e r a c t e d a s l e g a l a d v i s o r t o t h e t r u s t e e and induced t h e c o - t r u s t e e s t o i n v e s t $15,000 from t h e corpus of t h e t r u s t a s a s h o r t term loan t o an acqua in tance of Respondent; Respondent d i d n o t d i s - c l o s e t o t h e c o - t r u s t e e s t h a t he had f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t s c o n f l i c t - i n g w i t h t h o s e of t h e t r u s t i n t h a t s a i d acquaintance of Respon- d e n t owed Respondent $22,000; t h e c o - t r u s t e e s r e q u i r e d and Re- spondent agreed t h a t Respondent would "guaran tee" t h e loan t h e r e - by becoming a j o i n t o b l i g o r ; Respondent f a i l e d t o a d v i s e t h e c o - t r u s t e e s t o seek independent counsel and prepared t h e lopn documents h imse l f ; t h e loan documents d i d n o t r e f l e c t t h e due d a t e and i n t e r e s t r a t e t h e c o - t r u s t e e s had agreed upon; Respon- d e n t f a i l e d t o i n v e s t i g a t e t h e borrowers a b i l i - . . t o repay t h e
loan and f a i l e d t o s e a r c h t i t l e s t o r e a l p rop€-zy t h a t t h e borrower was u s i n g t o s e c u r e s a i d loan ; when t h e borrower de- f a u l t e d Respondent a r ranged f o r s a l e of t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y which was incumbered by t a x l i e n s ; Respondent depos i t ed t h e proceeds from t h e s a l e of t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y i n t h e sum of $23,700 i n t o h i s own bank account ; when t h e c o - t r u s t e e s r eques ted an account- ing of t h e proceeds they were informed t h a t Respondent had s p e n t t h e e n t i r e amount f o r p e r s o n a l expenses .
The Board, i n i t s o p i n i o n , noted c e r t a i n a g g r a v a t i n g f a c t o r s i n c l u d i n g Respondent ' s f a i l u r e t o answer t h e ~ o r m a lC on- p l a i n t and t h e hea r ing p a n e l a c t i o n s e t t i n g a s i d e the d e f a u l t and g r a n t i n g s e v e r a l e x t e n s i o n s . The Board a l s o observed t h a t t h e record d i s c l o s e d t h a t Respondent was e v a s i v e and uncoopera- t i v e throughout t h e proceedings and t h e Board found no ev idence i n m i t i g a t i o n . The Board a f f i r m e d t h e f i n d i n g s t h a t Respondent v i o l a t e d Canons 1, 5, and 9 of t h e Code o f p r o f e s s i o n a l Respon- s i b i l i t y , to-wit: DR1-102 (A) (4-6) , DRS-104 ( A ) , DR5-105 (A) ( B ) , D R ~ - 1 0 2 ( B()4 ) and GCR 1963, 953(2-4) . c o s t s were assessed i n t h e amount of $1,445.45. The Board o r d e r r e q u i r e s r e s t i t u t i o n t o t h e t r u s t , payment of c o s t s and r e c e r t i f i c a t i o n by t h e Board of Law Examiners b e f o r e any p o s s i b l e f u t u r e r e i n s t a t e m e n t .
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