STATE OF MICHIGAN Attorney Discipline Board
2021-Jul-23
GRIEVANCE ADMINISTRATOR, Attorney Grievance Commission,
Petitioner/Appellee, v VINCENT DEMARTI PORTER, P 71535, Respondent/Appellant. /
Case No. 20-82-RD
ORDER DENYING RESPONDENT’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION Issued by the Attorney Discipline Board 333 West Fort St., Ste. 1700, Detroit, MI 48226
Respondent, Vincent Demarti Porter, filed a motion seeking reconsideration of the Attorney Discipline Board’s April 12, 2021 Order of Disbarment. The Board has considered respondent’s motion, together with the response filed by the Grievance Administrator, and is otherwise fully advised;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that respondent’s motion for reconsideration is DENIED for the reason that respondent has failed to demonstrate a palpable error by which the Board has been misled or to otherwise demonstrate that the April 12, 2021 decision of the Board was entered erroneously.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the interim stay of our April 12, 2021 Order of Disbarment is DISSOLVED and that respondent, Vincent DeMarti Porter, P 71535, is DISBARRED from the practice of law in Michigan EFFECTIVE AUGUST 21, 2021, and until further order of the Supreme Court or the Attorney Discipline Board, and until respondent complies with the requirements of MCR 9.123(B) and (C) and MCR 9.124.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that from the effective date of this order and until reinstatement in accordance with the applicable provision of MCR 9.123, respondent is forbidden from practicing law in any form; appearing as an attorney before any court, judge, justice, board, commission, or other public authority; or holding himself out as an attorney by any means.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in accordance with MCR 9.119(A), respondent shall, within seven days after the effective date of this order, notify all of his active clients, in writing, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, of the following:
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the nature and duration of the discipline imposed; the effective date of such discipline;
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respondent's inability to act as an attorney after the effective date of such discipline;
the location and identity of the custodian of the clients' files and records which will be made available to them or to substitute counsel;
that the clients may wish to seek legal advice and counsel elsewhere; provided that, if respondent was a member of a law firm, the firm may continue to represent each client with the client's express written consent;
the address to which all correspondence to respondent may be addressed.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in accordance with MCR 9.119(B), respondent must, on or before the effective date of this order, in every matter in which respondent is representing a client in litigation, file with the tribunal and all parties a notice of respondent's disqualification from the practice of law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, respondent shall, within 14 days after the effective date of this order, file with the Grievance Administrator and the Attorney Discipline Board an affidavit of compliance as required by MCR 9.119(C).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent's conduct after the entry of this order but prior to its effective date, shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in MCR 9.119(D); and respondent's compensation for legal services shall be subject to the restrictions described in MCR 9.119(F).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall, on or before August 21, 2021, pay costs in the amount of $1,519.65. Please refer to the attached cost payment instruction sheet for method and forms of payment accepted.
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
Dated: July 23, 2021
By:
Jonathan E. Lauderbach, Chairperson
Board Members Jonathan E. Lauderbach, Barbara Williams Forney, Karen O'Donoghue, Linda S. Hotchkiss, M.D., Michael S. Hohauser, Peter A. Smit, Linda M. Orlans, and Alan Gershel concur in this decision.
Board Member Michael B. Rizik, Jr. did not participate.