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.
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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION (By Consent)
Case No. 17 -23-RD Notice Issued: June 27, 2017 Courtney Wylie, P 75748, Chicago, Illinois, by the Attorney Discipline Board Kalamazoo County Hearing Panel #4. Suspension - 8 Months, Effective June 24, 2017. In a reciprocal discipline proceeding under MCR 9.120(C), the Grievance Administrator filed a certified copy of a consent order suspending respondent's license to practice law for a period of six months, entered by the State of Illinois Supreme Court, on January 13, 2017, effective February 3, 2017, In re: Courtney Olivia Wylie. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for a 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. The stipulation contained the parties' agreement to adopt the analysis and findings in the consent discipline between respondent and the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). The parties stipulated that the comparable rules violated in Michigan would be MRPC 3.3(a)(1) (a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer); MRPC 8.1 (a)(1) (a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact in connection with a disciplinary matter); MRPC 8.4(b) (it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct involving dishonest, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or violation of the criminal law, where such conduct reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer); and MRPC 8.4(c) (it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice). The parties agreed that comparable discipline in Michigan for the misconduct respondent engaged in is a suspension of her license to practice law in Michigan for eight months.
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for eight months, effective June 24, 2017. Costs were assessed in the amount of $756.77.
Ma~ Mark A. Armitage Executive Director