MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DERWIELE 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
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NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC INTERIM SUSPENSION Case No. 17-153-AI Notice Issued: December 20,2017 Derrick N. Okonmah, P 68221, Clarkston, Michigan. Effective December 19,2017. On December 19, 2017, respondent pled guilty to operating while intoxicated/impaired, 3rd offense, in violation of MCl 257.625(1) and (9)(c), a felony, and to operating while license suspended, revoked or denied, second or subsequent offense, misdemeanor, in violation of MCl 257.904(3)(a) and (b), in the matter of People of the State of Michigan v Derrick Nnabuife Okonmah, Oakland County Circuit Court. In accordance with MCR 9.120(8)(1), respondent's license to practice law in Michigan was automatically suspended on the date of his felony conviction.
Upon the filing of a certified judgment of conviction, this matter will be assigned to a hearing panel for further proceedings. The interim suspension will remain in effect until the effective date of an ord iled by a heari p el.