On July 29, 2003, the Supreme Court published Proposed Michigan Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions (See ADM File No. 2002-29), along with the underlying proposal from the Attorney Discipline Board submitted to the Court in June 2002 and alternative proposals submitted by attorney Donald D. Campbell in September 2002.

          The Court extended the comment period for the Proposed Michigan Standards to June 1, 2005 and a public hearing was held on September 29, 2005.

          The document link below is the Attorney Discipline Board’s comments to the Court regarding the published standards. These Comments are preceded by a summary of the ADB’s overarching concerns and a chart summarizing the Board’s support or opposition to the published standards.

          The Attorney Discipline Board welcomes comments and questions regarding these Comments. Such comments and questions may be addressed to the Board’s Executive Director John F. Van Bolt at vanbolt@adbmich.org or Deputy Director Mark Armitage at armitage@admich.org.