MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DERWIELE 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
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NOTICE OF REPRIMAND AND RESTITUTION Case No. 16-42-GA Notice Issued: October 10,2017 Mohamed Elsharnoby, P 69901 , Dearborn, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #4.
Reprimand, Effective October 10, 2017 After proceedings in accordance with MCR 9.115, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct by failing to act with reasonable diligence in representing a client, in violation of MRPC 1.3; and by engaging in conduct that involved dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or violation of the criminal law, where such conduct reflected adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer, in violation of MRPC 8.4(b).
The panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded and that he pay restitution to Complainant Rashed in the amount of $4,500.00. Costs were assessed in the amount of $3,470.74.
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