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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 ADMIN/STRATOR ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER
OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
NOTICE OF DISBARMENT AND RESTITUTION Case No. 17-11-GA Notice Issued: June 27,2017 Cynthia Young, P 75849, Lathrup Village, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #76.
Disbarred, Effective June 27, 20171 Based on respondent's default for failure to file an answer to the formal complaint, the hearing panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct in her representation of a client in a bankruptcy matter by failing to file the bankruptcy petition; failing to keep her client informed about the status of a matter; failing to refund the unearned attorney fee; and failing to provide her client written notice of her suspension.
The panel found that respondent failed to keep a client reasonably informed regarding the status of a matter, in violation of MRPC 1.4; failed to refund an unearned attorney fee, in violation of MRPC 1.16(d); and failed to provide an active client written notice of a suspension order during the period of the representation, in violation of MeR 9.119(A). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1)-(3) and MRPC 8.4(a).
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan and that she pay restitution in the amount of $1,500.00. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,706.12.
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1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since January 11, 2016. Please see Notice of Interim Suspension, ADB Case No. 15-121-GA, issued March 3, 2016.