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
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECVTlVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPVTY DIRECTOR KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (Pending Appeal)
Case No. 17-39-GA Notice Issued: November 28,2017 John P. Lozano, P 52862, Saginaw, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-Valley Hearing Panel #1.
Suspension - 90 Days, Effective November 28, 2017. Based on respondent's default, the panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct during his handling of a civil lawsuit and by failing to respond to a request for investigation.
Specifically, the hearing panel found that respondent neglected a legal matter entrusted to him, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to seek the client's lawful objectives through reasonably available means permitted by law, in violation of MRPC 1.2(a); failed to notify his client of all settlement offers, in violation of MRPC 1.4(a); failed to explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation, in violation of MRPC 1.4(b); in the course of representing a client, knowingly made a false statement of material fact to a third person, in violation of MRPC 4.1; and failed to answer a request for investigation in violation of MCR 9.1 04(7), MCR 9.113(A), and (B)(2). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1}-(3} and MRPC 8.4(a)-(c).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 90 days. The Grievance Administrator filed a timely petition for review and this matter has been scheduled for hearing before the Attorney Discipline Board.
~a~ Mark A. Armitage Executive Director