A hearing panel of the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board ordered disbarment of an attorney

the panel found, by default, that respondent committed professional misconduct as charged in a three-count formal complaint. Count One of the complaint alleged that respondent committed professional misconduct during his representation of a client in a divorce matter. Specifically, it was alleged that respondent presented his client with a fraudulent divorce judgment when, in reality, the matter had been dismissed for non-service/no progress. Respondent never advised his client that she was not divorced or that her complaint had been dismissed, and let her believe that she was in fact divorced. Counts Two and Three of the complaint alleged that respondent failed to answer two separate requests for investigation.

(Mike Frisch)