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Karen Kristina Plants

Wayne County Prosecuters
1441 St. Antoine
Detroit, Michigan 48226-2311

(313) 224-5777

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Date Admitted

November 14, 1988

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law due to discipline and has not demonstrated required MCLE compliance – Last Registered Year: 2005

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is disciplined

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In re Plants, Karen Kristina, 2013PR00014
Disposition Disbarment
Effective Date of Disposition 05/20/2013
End Date of Disposition No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Discipline continues until further order of the Court.
Definition of Disposition Disbarment is a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct warranting the most serious sanction. The disbarred lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the disbarment and may not return to the practice of law unless and until he or she has demonstrated his or her rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law in a subsequent reinstatement case, which may not be filed until five years after the effective date of the disbarment.
Case Summary Ms. Plants was licensed in Michigan and in Illinois in 1988. She was disbarred in Michigan after being convicted on one felony count of misconduct in office. While serving as a state prosecutor, she called a confidential informant as a witness in a case, but failed to disclose to the defense that the witness was receiving money from the government. She also falsely stated to defense counsel that the confidential informant had received no “deals” for his testimony, permitted repeated instances of false testimony by the confidential informant and police, made misleading closing arguments to a jury, and engaged in ex parte communications with the judge hearing the matter. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal admission and disbarred her.
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