Rule 9.106. Types of Discipline; Minimum Discipline

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Misconduct is grounds for:

(1) disbarment of an attorney from the practice of law in Michigan;

(2) suspension of the license to practice law in Michigan for a specified term, not less

than 30 days, with such additional conditions relevant to the established misconduct

as a hearing panel, the board, or the Supreme Court may impose, and, if the term

exceeds 179 days, until the further order of a hearing panel, the board, or the

Supreme Court;

(3) reprimand with such conditions relevant to the established misconduct as a hearing

panel, the board, or the Supreme Court may impose;

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(4) probation ordered by a hearing panel, the board, or the Supreme Court under MCR

9.121(C); or

(5) requiring restitution, in an amount set by a hearing panel, the board, or the Supreme

Court, as a condition of an order of discipline.

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