Friday, April 26, 2013

Murder Trial Postponed: Defense Attorney Faces Suspension

Accused child murderer Anthony Michael Bennett’s trial in federal court has been postponed, originally to give his attorney more time to prepare.

Now, defense attorney Anthony T. Chambers is facing suspension. Effective Monday, Chambers, who practices law in Detroit and has been licensed since 1985, is suspended for six months by the State of Michigan Attorney Discipline Board for misappropriating client fees, illegal use of client accounts, failure to keep clients informed and failure to respond to a grievance.
  
Chambers was also under investigation by the discipline board for allegedly not paying withholding taxes on wages he paid employees between November 2010 and November 2011 Formal complaints were filed against Chambers on July 26.

Roughly two months after being informed that he was to appear at a hearing, Chambers got an attorney, who requested Sept. 18 to postpone the hearing to give her time to prepare, according to documents obtained from the discipline board.

Full Article and Source:
Carnel Murder Trial Postponed

3 comments:

  1. ThelmaFriday, April 26, 2013 4:48:00 AM

    Wow! Why doesn't the Bar have a mechanism in place to detect these problems earlier?

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  2. FinnyFriday, April 26, 2013 7:44:00 AM

    I don't know, Thelma. They probably do and are ignoring it?

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  3. AnonymousSaturday, April 27, 2013 11:49:00 AM

    Here in PA, when you see charges like this, it usually means that the attorney isn't "going along to get along." I wonder if this attorney is one of those "bad guys."

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