On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, the Attorney Discipline Board of the State of Michigan suspended Zeeland attorney Eric Cameron Hoort for three years following Hoort’s disbarment in Washington for misconduct.

The case was brought by the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission, Case No. 22-25-RD.

According to the Board’s Notice, on August 10, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of Washington disbarred Hoort from the practice of law in that state, effective August 17, 2021.

Hoort was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Washington following a default hearing on allegations of Hoort’s violation of the Washington Rules of Professional Conduct specifically 8.4(c) (dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation), (i) (moral turpitude), and (j) (disobeying court order).

The Washington Rules of Professional Conduct can be found here.

The disbarment was in relation to Hoort’s misconduct involving a violation of a domestic violence protection order and misrepresentation in his certification that there is no pending disciplinary investigation against him at the time he requested to voluntarily resign his law license.

The filing states:

“Contemporaneously with the Notice of Filing of Reciprocal Discipline, the parties file a Stipulation for Consent Order of Suspension. After reviewing the parties’ stipulation, the panel communicated its concerns in writing to the parties and requested that they appear for a status conference to address the panel’s concerns. After the status of conference was held, the panel issued a notice of intent to reject the stipulation for consent order of discipline and subsequently scheduled a second status conference during which the parties offered more information and answered further questions from the panel. Shortly thereafter the parties filed an Amended Stipulation for Consent Order of Suspension, which was accepted by the hearing panel.”

Accordingly, Hearing Panel #1 ordered Hoort’s suspension by consent from the practice of law in Michigan for three years, effective February 17, 2023.

Costs in the amount of $1,157.72 were assessed against Hoort.

Mr. Hoort has been licensed in Michigan, as well as in Washington.

A copy of the original filing can be found here.