STATE OF MICHIGAN Attorney Discipline Board GRIEVANCE ADMINISTRATOR, Attorney Grievance Commission,
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Petitioner,
RAYMOND A. MACDONALD, P 16918,
Case No. 10-54-GA
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ORDER AFFIRMING HEARING PANEL ORDER OF SUSPENSION AND RESTITUTION
Issued by the Attorney Discipline Board 211 W. Fort St., Ste. 1410, Detroit, MI
Tri-County Hearing Panel #24 of the Attorney Discipline Board entered an order of suspension and restitution in this matter on February 15, 2011. The panel's order directed the suspension of respondent's license to practice law in Michigan for a period of three years commencing August 3, 2010, and that he pay restitution in the amount of $450.00 to Jeffrey L. Miller, Sr. on or before March 9, 2011. Respondent petitioned for review of the panel's order on March 7, 2011.
The Attorney Discipline Board has conducted review proceedings in accordance with MCR 9.118, including the Board's review of the record before the hearing panel and its consideration of the briefs and arguments submitted by the parties at a hearing conducted before the Board on July 13,2011.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing panel order of suspension and restitution entered February 15, 2011 is AFFIRMED.
ITISFURTHERORDEREDthatrespondentshall,onorbefore August 24, 201] , pay costs in the amount of $2,004.46, consisting of costs assessed by the hearing panel in the amount of $1,888.46 and court reporting costs incurred by the Attorney Discipline Board in the amount of $116.00 for the review proceedings conducted on July 13, 2011. Check ormoney order
shall be made payable to the State Bar of Michigan, but submitted to the Attorney Discipline Board [211 West Fort St., Ste. 1410, Detroit, MI 48226] for proper crediting. (See attached instruction sheet).
DATED: July 26, 2011
By:
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD I !
Board members William L. Matthews, C.P.A., Rosalind E. Griffin, M.D., Carl E. Ver Beek, Craig H. Lubben, James M. Cameron, Jr., and Sylvia P. Whitmer, Ph.D, concur in this decision.
Board member William J. Danhof was recused and did not participate. Board members Thomas G. Kienbaum and Andrea L. Solak were absent.