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.
STATE OF MICIDGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
211 WEST FORT STREET, SUITE 1410
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226-3236 PHONE: 313·963·5553 I FAX: 313-963·5571
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 SUSPENSION (By Consent)
Case No. 16-74-RD Notice Issued: December 29, 2016 Eric A. Mader, P 75028, Tampa, Florida, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #14. Suspension - 18 Months, Effective December 28, 2016 In a reciprocal discipline proceeding under MCR 9.120(C), the Grievance Administratorfiled a certified copy of a Conditional Guilty Plea for Consent Judgment and Order of the Supreme Court of Florida entered by the Supreme Court of Florida on May 19,2016, in The Florida Barv Eric Andrew Mader, Case No. SC15-2000. 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 respondent's acknowledgment that he received a suspension of three years in Florida, effective June 18, 2014. The parties' agreed that a full three-year suspension in Michigan is not comparable discipline pursuant to MCR 9. 120(C)(2)(b), and would be unduly harsh. The parties stipulated that an 18-month suspension of respondent's license to practice law in Michigan constitutes comparable discipline in this matter.
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michiga suspended for 18 months. Costs were assessed in the amount of $772.08.
Mark A. Armitage