Short Suspension For Attempt to View Unclothed Teen

The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has affirmed a 30-day suspension of a lawyer conviction of attempted surveillance of an unclothed person, who was his eighteen-year-old step-niece.

The offense is a misdemeanor.

The attorney’s conduct was determined to be “aberrant behavior accompanying his sudden, medically unsupervised cessation of an anti-depressant [he] had been taking.”

He must comply with the terms of his criminal probation.

A dissent from board member Rosalind E. Griffin, M.D. (presumably a public member) concludes that the sanction should be a 90-day suspension as the attorney “made a conscious decision to attempt to videotape his step-niece while she was changing clothes.” (Mike Frisch)