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.
STATE OF MICIllGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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MARK A. ARMITAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENDY A. NEELEY DEPUTY DIRECTOR SHERRY L. MIFSUD OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR ALLYSON M. PLOURDE CASE MANAGER OWEN R. MONTGOMERY CASE MANAGER JULIE M. LOISELLE RECEPTIONISTISECRETARY
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITIONS (By Consent}
Case No. 16-56-MZ (Ref. 14-45-GA) Notice Issued: December 1,2016 Eric L. Naslund, P 42648, Sylvan lake, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #62_
Suspension - 179 Days, Effective December 1, 2016 On June 14, 2016, the Grievance Administrator filed a Motion for Order to Show Cause Why Discipline Should Not Be Increased, alleging a violation under MeR 9.123(A) and that respondent continued to misuse his IOlTA account, while serving a 179-day suspension ordered in Grievance Administrator v Eric L. Naslund, Case No. 14-45-GA. 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. Based on the parties' stipulation, respondent admitted paragraphs 1-11 and 13-14 of the Grievance Administrator's motion for order to show cause and pled no contest to paragraphs 12(a)-(e) and 15 of the motion.
In accordance with the stipulation of the parties, the hearing panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for 179-days, imposed conditions regarding IOlTA and trust accounts, and ordered that he continue with counseling. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $780.68.
Mark A. Armitage