Asset Protection

A three-year suspension was imposed by consent by a Michigan Attorney Discipline Board Hearing Panel

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 upon respondent’s admissions, pleas, and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent committed professional misconduct in his representation of several elderly clients in creating “”asset protection plans;” providing investment advice; and, during the course of the Grievance Administrator investigations, when he failed to provide requested information and made misrepresentations in a sworn statement.

The attorney accepted findings of multiple rule violations. (Mike Frisch)