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 SUSPENSION (Pending Appeal)
Case No. 15-151-GA Notice Issued: November 3,2017 Mark A. Chaban, P 57799, Plymouth, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board, Tri-County Hearing Panel #21.
Suspension - One Year, Effective October 31,2017 As alleged in the formal complaint, and established by the evidence and testimony submitted, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct while representing the client-tenant in a landlord-tenant matter.
The hearing panel found that respondent brought or defended a proceeding, or asserted or controverted an issue therein, without a basis for doing so that was not frivolous, in violation of MRPC 3.1; failed to make reasonable efforts to expedite litigation consistent with the interests of the client, in violation of MRPC 3.2; made knowingly false statements of material fact to a tribunal, in violation of MRPC 3.3(a); and knowingly made a false statement of material fact or law to a third person, in violation of MRPC 4.1. Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1 )-(3) and MRPC 8.4(b) and (c).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for one year. Respondent filed a timely petition for review and this matter has been scheduled for hearing before the Attorney Discipline Board. Respondent also filed a request for a stay of discipline ich is pendin bef e the Board.