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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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 17-146-JC Notice Issued: January 19, 2018 Raymond W. Szmagaj, P 51159, Union lake, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #104.
Reprimand, Effective January 19, 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 in People of the State of Michigan v Raymond Walter Szmagaj, II, 14A-4 District Court Case No. 174-0025, of operating with blood alcohol content of .17 or more, a misdemeanor, in violation of MCl 257.6251 C. 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); and engaged in conduct that involved dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or a violation of the criminal law, where such conduct reflected adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer, in violation of MRPC 8.4(b).
I n accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent be repriman ed. Costs were as ssed in the amount of $769.96.