MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DER WIELE CHAIRPERSON REV. MICHAEL MURRAY VICE-CHAIRPERSON DULCE M. FULLER SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR.
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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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 RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF REPRIMAND Case No. 16-133-GA Notice Issued: June 1, 2017 Mark J. Robison, P 37252, Albion, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Calhoun County Hearing Panel #1.
Reprimand, Effective May 30,2017. The Grievance Administrator filed Formal Complaint 16-133-GA alleging that respondent committed acts of professional misconduct by neglecting a premises liability matter, failing to timely answer a request for investigation, and failing to timely respond to requests for additional information from the Grievance Administrator. Respondent failed to answer the formal complaint and a default was entered.
By virtue of respondent's default and proofs submitted by the Grievance Administrator, the hearing panel found that respondent neglected a legal matter, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness, in violation of MRPC 1.3; failed to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter, in violation of MRPC 1.4(a); failed to answer a request for investigation, in violation of MCR 9.1 04(7) and MCR 9.113(A) and (B)(2); and knowingly failed to timely respond to a lawful demand for information from a disciplinary authority, in violation of MRPC 8.1 (a)(2). Respondent was also found to have violated MRPC 8.4(a) and (c) and MCR 9.104(1 )-(4).
The hearing panel ordered that respondent be reprimanded. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $2,305.02.
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