MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DERWIELE CHAIRPERSON REV. MICHAEL MURRAY VICE-CHAIRPERSON BARBARA WILLIAMS FORNEY SECRETARY JAMES A. FINK JOHN W. INHULSEN
JONATHAN E. LAUDERBACH KAREN D. O'DONOGHUE MICHAEL B. RIZIK, JR. LINDA S. HOTCHKISS, MD
STATE OF MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR KAREN M. DALEY ASSOCIA TE COUNSEL SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMIN/STRATOR
ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTION/STISECRETARY
AMENDED NOTICE OF SUSPENSION1 Case Nos. 17-80-AI; 17-112-JC Notice Issued: April 30, 2018 David A. Monroe, P 44418, Commerce Township, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Washtenaw County Hearing Panel #4.
Suspension - 18 Months, Effective July 12, 2017.2 Respondent was convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses, $1,000 or more, a felony, in violation of MCl 750.218(4), in People v David A. Monroe, 44th Circuit Court Case No. 16-023989-FH. In accordance with MCR 9.120(B)(1), respondent's license to practice law in Michigan was automatically suspended effective July 12, 2017, the date of respondent's felony conviction.
Based on respondent's convictions, the panel found that he engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of a state, in violation of MCR 9.104(5).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law be suspended for a period of 18 months. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,886.17.
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1 Amended as to the effective date of respondent's suspension only. 2 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since October 18, 2012. Please see Notice of Disbarment and Restitution, Grievance Administrator v David A. Monroe,
Case No. 12-20-GA, issued June 19, 2013.