Notice of Suspension and Restitution with Condition (By Consent).

Byline: Michigan Lawyers Weekly Staff

Case No. 18-96-GA

Notice Issued: March 5, 2019

Charlette Pugh Tall, P 48780, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #108.

Suspension - 90 Days, Effective February 28, 2019.

The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a Stipulation for 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. The stipulation contained respondent's plea of no contest that she committed acts of professional misconduct in Michigan and North Carolina when she charged client fees for loan modifications without completing the services promised; failed to ensure that non-lawyer employees' conduct was compatible with the lawyer's professional obligations; made false or misleading communications about the lawyer or the lawyer's services; failed to answer a request for investigation and failed to appear when subpoenaed by the Grievance Administrator.

Based upon respondent's plea and the stipulation of the parties, the panel found that respondent failed to keep her clients reasonably informed about the status of their matter, in violation of NCRPC 1.4(a)(2); failed to promptly reply to reasonable requests for information, in violation of NCRPC 1.4(a)(3); failed to explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit her clients to make informed decisions regarding their representation, in violation of NCRPC 1.4(b); made an agreement for, charged, or collected an illegal fee, in violation of NCRPC 1.5; failed to hold entrusted property of her clients separate from her own property, in violation of NCRPC 1.15-2(a); failed to place trust funds in either a general trust account or a dedicated trust account, in violation of NCRPC 1.15-2(b); failed to refund an advance payment of an unearned fee upon termination of the representation, in violation of NCRPC 1.16(d); failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client, in violation of NCRPC 1.3; failed to make reasonable efforts to ensure that the firm or organization has in effect measures giving reasonable assurance that the conduct of non-lawyers employed or retained by or associated with her was compatible...

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