URGENT – URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 12-19 17 – 2:30 a.m. ET
Sour Note: Disbarment Meltdown?
Prominent Marquette Attorney Dane P. Bays disbarred for numerous reasons including drugs, misrepresenting clients – then arrested for domestic assault
Dane Bays
By Greg Peterson
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Dane Bays
A now disbarred well-known Marquette attorney has been arrested again only two days after receiving the bad news from the State of Michigan Attorney Disciplinary Board.
On Friday, Dec. 15, 2018, Dane P. Bays was disbarred and ordered to pay restitution of $25,000 involving clients. He was fined $1,000.
Bays admitted he had been convicted of a felony – and that means disbarment.
Bays admitted to the board that he misrepresented 3 bankruptcy clients and “another client in resolving an outstanding business matter.”
The board (see the notice below) cited two instances during which Bays admits he was caught with more than 25 grams of cocaine.
Bays “was convicted of operating while intoxicated, 2nd offense,” the disciplinary board’s ruling states. The ruling is retroactive to Oct. 26, 2017.
Read the State Attorney Discipline Board rulings:
State Attorney Discipline Board Dane P. Bays 9-21-2017
Two days after Friday’s official disbarment – Bays is arrested again.
Dane Bays
41-year-old Dane P. Bays of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) just before midnight on Sun., Dec, 17, 2017.
Bays is charged with domestic assault.
Bays was released on a $5,000 at about 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon.
On Sept. 9, 2017, Bays was given an interim suspension on a charge of possession of cocaine.
Bays is a well-know bankruptcy attorney and equally known for his saxophone playing with bands in local bars.
Bays Law Office has dealt primarily with Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Bankruptcies.
“The stipulation contains respondent’s (Dane P. Bays) admissions that he was convicted of operating while intoxicated, 2nd offense, in violation of Mel 257.62566; felony controlled substance possession, narcotic/cocaine, greater than 25 grams, in violation of MCl 333.74032A5; and probation violation. The stipulation further contains respondent’s admissions that he committed professional misconduct in his representation of three separate clients in bankruptcy matters; in his representation of another client in resolving an outstanding business matter; and that he failed to respond to four requests for investigation.”
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