MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DER WIELE CHAIRPERSON REV. MICHAEL MURRAY VICE-CHAIRPERSON
JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN
JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY
KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR.
LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD
STATE OF MICHIGAN 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 ADMIN/STRATOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 17-44-GA Notice Issued: October 19, 2017 Evan H. Callanan, Jr., P 30564, Westland, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #11.
Reprimand, Effective October 17,2017. The Grievance Administrator filed a formal complaint alleging that respondent commingled personal and client funds in his IOlTA account from December 2011 to, at least, October 2014. The parties filed a Stipulation for Consent Order of Discipline, in accordance with MCR 9.115(F)(5), which was approved by the Attorney Grievance Commission and accepted by the hearing panel.
Based upon respondent's admissions, testimony taken at the August 17, 2017 status conference, and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent held funds in an IOlTA that were not client or third person funds, in violation of MRPC 1.15(a)(3); failed to hold property of clients or third persons in connection with the representation separate from the lawyer's property, in violation of MRPC 1.15(d); and deposited his own funds into a client trust account in excess of an amount reasonably necessary to pay financial institution service charges or fees, in violation of MRPC 1.15(f). Respondent was also found to have violated MRPC 8.4(a) and MCR 9.104(2)-(4).
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Costs were assessed in the amount of $929.42.
Ha~ Mark A. Armitage Executive Director