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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT AND RESTITUTION Case No. 15-94-GA Notice Issued: December 7,2016 Neil A. McQuarrie, P 17551, Livonia, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #9.
Disbarred, Effective December 7,2016 Respondent filed an answer to the formal complaint and appeared at each of the three hearings. As alleged in the formal complaint, and established by the evidence and testimony submitted, the hearing panel found that respondent committed acts of professional misconduct while acting as a court-appointed special fiduciary holding funds in trust for Derek Cornell Williams. Specifically, that respondent had failed to promptly pay or deliver funds to Mr. Williams, who was entitled to receive them, in violation of MRPC 1.15(b )(3); failed to render a full accounting of client funds upon request, in violation of MRPC 1.15(b )(3); made false statements of material fact to a tribunal, in violation of MRPC 3.3(a)(1). Respondent was also found to have violated MCR 9.104(1)-(4) and MRPC 8.4(a)-(c).
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. The panel also ordered that respondent be required to pay restitution to Mr. Williams in the amount of $39,016.76 plus any attorney fees and costs actually expended in recovering restitution in the matter titled Derek C. Williams v Neil A. McQuarrie, Wayne County Probate Court Case Number 1995-551344, and that he would not be eligible to petition for reinstatement until payment is made in full. Costs were assessed in the amount of $3,569.00. /)A~ ~ a ~--... I~ )"d" -M --a --r k -- A --. - -A --r m ---i t a --g e -- ------------------