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 MICmGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
211 WEST FORT STREET, SUITE 1410 DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226-3236 PHONE: 313-963-5553 I FAX: 313-963-5571
MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIATE COUNSEL SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPT/ONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION Case No. 17 -68-GA Notice Issued: November 6,2017 Todd R. Branch, P 61823, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #1.
Suspension - 180 Day, Effective November 4,2017.1 Based on respondent's default, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct when he failed to answer a Grievance Administrator request for investigation which alleged that respondent had been suspended from the practice of law in Canada by the Law Society of Upper Canada for failing to respond to two separate client grievances, in violation of MCR 9.104(7), MCR 9.113(A), and MCR 9.113(B)(2); and engaged in conduct that was prejudicial to the administration of justice, in violation of MRPC 8.4(c) and MCR 9.104(1).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for 180 days. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1 ,668.96.
Mark A. Armitage Executive Director
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since August 9,2017. Please see Notice of Interim Suspension Pursuant to MCR 9.115(H)(1), issued August 31,2017.