MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DER WIELE 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 ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 18-8-JC Notice Issued: March 15, 2018 Neal A. Cooper, P 66700, Southfield, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #108.
Reprimand, Effective March 15, 2018 The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a Stipulation for Consent Order of Reprimand, in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel. The stipulation contained respondent's admission that he was convicted in a matter titled People of the City of Novi v Neal A. Cooper, 52-1 District Court Case No. 16-005018-0D, of operating while impaired, in violation of MCl 257.6253-A. Based on respondent's conviction and his admission in the stipulation, it was established that respondent engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state, in violation of MCR 9.104(5).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $770.88.
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