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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 1st 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 2nd 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 3rd 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 4th 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 5th 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 6th 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 7th 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.