MEMBERS LOUANN VAN DERWIELE 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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WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER
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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT AND RESTITUTION Case No. 16-106-GA Notice Issued: April 24, 2017 Ralph M. Engle, P 68919, Auburn Hills, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #80.
Disbarred, Effective April 21, 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 by failing to comply with an order of discipline, abandoning the legal representation of two clients, and for his failure to answer three separate requests for investigation.
The panel found that respondent neglected a legal matter entrusted to him, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); violated an order of discipline, contrary to MCR 9.104(9); failed to answer three requests for investigation, in violation of MCR 9.104(7), MCR 9.113(A), and MCR 9.113(B)(2); failed to notify clients of his suspension from the practice of law, in violation of MCR 9.119(A); and failed to file proof of compliance with an order of discipline, in violation of MCR 9.119(C). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1 )-(4) and MRPC 8.4(a) and (c).
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan and that he pay restitution totaling $2,850.00. Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,918.75.
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1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since January 29,2016. Please see Notice of Suspension and Restitution, ADS Case No. 15-118-GA, issued January 29,2016.