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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, MD
STATE OF MICHIGAN
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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 RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION Case No. 17-105-GA Notice Issued: February 13,2018 Lila Sljivar, P 64301, Brooklyn, New York, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #101.
Suspension - One Year, Effective February 9, 2018 Based on respondent's default, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct by neglecting an immigration matter entrusted to her, failing to return an unearned fee, and failing to answer a request for investigation.
The panel found that respondent neglected a legal matter entrusted to her, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to keep her client reasonably informed about the status of his matter or comply promptly with his reasonable requests for information, in violation of MRPC 1.4(a); failed to give reasonable notice, return papers and property, return an unearned fee, or take other actions to protect her client's interests upon termination of representation, in violation of MRPC 1.16(d); and failed to answer a request for investigation within the time prescribed, in violation of MCR 9.104(7), MCR 9.113(A), and MCR 9.113(B)(2). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1 )-(3), and MRPC 8.4(c).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for one year and that she be required to pay restitution totaling $2,000. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,855.41.
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