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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, MO
STATE OF MICmGAN
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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 RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
AMENDED1 NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION Case No. 17-65-JC Notice Issued: March 21, 2018 Michael A. Capuzzi, P 47152, Pompano Beach, Florida, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #107.
Suspension - 90-Days, Effective April 2, 2018 Respondent was convicted of two counts of simple assault, in violation of MCL 750.81, and pled nolo contendere to one count of malicious use a telecommunications device, in violation of MCL 750.540e, in People of the State of Michigan v Michael Anthony Capuzzi, 53rd Circuit Court Case No. 15-005132-FH-P. Based on respondent's convictions, the panel found that he engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state, in violation of MeR 9.104(5).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 90 days. Costs were assessed in the amount of $2,539.38.
Mark A. Armitage Executive Director
1 The Notice of Suspension With Condition issued on March 15, 2018, incorrectly recites that respondent was convicted of two counts of assault and battery. Respondent's conviction was for simple assault, but not battery. The Judgment of Sentence (Attachment A) to the Notice of Filing of Judgment of Conviction contained errors made by the court which were later corrected. (See Exhibit 6.)