NOTICE OF DISBARMENT
(By Consent)
Case Nos. 24-21-AI; 24-56-JC
Notice Issued: October 4, 2024
Jack B. Wolfe, P 39667, West Bloomfield, MI
Disbarment, Effective October 2, 2024[1]
Respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a Stipulation for Consent Order of Discipline, pursuant to MCR 9.115(F)(5), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by Tri-County Hearing Panel #64. The stipulation contained respondent’s acknowledgment that he was convicted by guilty plea, on February 15, 2024, of two counts of forgery of [sic] document affecting real property; and two counts of uttering and publishing a document affecting real property, in violation of MCL 750.248b and MCL 750.249b, felony offenses, and that his conviction constituted professional misconduct.
Based on the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct when he engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state or of the United States, an ordinance, or tribal law pursuant to MCR 2.615, in violation of MCR 9.104(5), and engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or violation of the criminal law, where such conduct reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer, in violation of MRPC 8.4(b).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $873.32.
[1] Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since February 12, 2013. See Notice of Suspension issued August 30, 2013, in Grievance Administrator v Jack B. Wolfe, 13‑39‑RD.