Attorney Thomas Anthony of Mt. Pleasant, MI; thief, serial offender

The state of Michigan presented Thomas H. Anthony with a law license in 1975 after she graduated from the University of Illinois School of Law. 

Tommy’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to keep clients informed of status of matter
• Failed to respond to client information requests
• Failed to explain the matters to his clients to the extent necessary to permit his clients to make informed decisions
• Failed to provide clients with written contingency fee agreements
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Tommy’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Convicted of felony Health Care Fraud

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary 6-month suspension of his law license.

Tommy’s 3^rd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to withdraw representation when withdrawal was mandatory under the applicable Rules
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the proper administration of justice
• Pled no contest that as elected County Prosecutor handling traffic tickets that he asked a district magistrate to dismiss a speeding ticket issued to her adult stepson who was living in home
• Engaged in an egregious conflict of interest
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the proper administration of justice

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Tommy’s 4^th bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Tommy!)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Tommy’s 5^th bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to take steps to protect client’s interests upon termination
• Failed to keep clients reasonably informed regarding the status of their matters
• Failed to earn any of the $2,500 retainer fee paid by his clients (crook)
• Failed to inform client of court’s order of dismissal of client’s lawsuit
• Failed to respond to client inquiries and phone calls
• Failed to refund the unearned portion of the retainer fee upon discharge (cheater)
• Failed to issue a billing statement upon request
• Failed to keep office appointments with his clients
• Failed to return all paperwork and file materials to client after being discharged
• Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Tommy!)
• Charged an excessive fee for the nature and length of his representation and his failure to complete the representation (thief)
• Failed to execute a substitution of attorney despite numerous requests by successor counsel
• Delayed releasing the client file to successor counsel for several months after successor counsel had first requested the file

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary 30-day suspension of his law license.

Tommy’s 6^th bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree 

• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Pled no contest to preparing an instrument giving himself a substantial gift from a client
• Improperly deposited personal funds in his client trust account
• Failed to deposit all funds held in trust in accordance with ethics rules
• Engaged in illegal practice of law while license suspended
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• Engaged involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation
• Engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice law
• Failed to file with all tribunals and all parties a notice of his disqualification from the practice of law

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.

Tommy’s 7^th bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree 

• Failed to seek lawful client objectives
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to keep clients informed of status of matter
• Failed to properly payor deliver any funds that his clients are entitled to
• Failed to deposit legal fees paid in advance into a client trust account
• Failed to explain a matter to his clients to the extent necessary to permit the clients to make informed decisions regarding their representation
• Commingled client funds with personal funds
• Knowingly failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Tommy!)
• Engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice
• Engaged involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation
• Engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice law

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the apologists for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Michigan Supreme Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary 180-day suspension of his law license.   

As we speak (ca. January 2020), Tommy practices at 210 Court Street in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.