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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway (Photo by Doug Elbinger, Elbinger Studios, July 29, 2011)

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Diane Hathaway named in fraud investigation

Updated: Monday, 07 Jan 2013, 5:58 PM EST
Published : Monday, 07 Jan 2013, 3:48 PM EST

By Ed White, Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) - A lawyer says embattled Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway will retire on Jan. 21.

Steve Fishman tells The Associated Press that Hathaway filed the paperwork on Dec. 20. He made the disclosure Monday after a judicial watchdog agency filed a complaint and asked the Supreme Court to suspend Hathaway over a series of suspicious real estate transactions.

Fishman says the Judicial Tenure Commission was told about Hathaway's retirement in December. He says the filing of the 19-page complaint was a "gratuitous" move.

The commission says Hathaway committed "blatant and brazen" violations of professional conduct in the 2011 short sale of her home in Grosse Pointe Park. Hathaway and her husband put a debt-free Florida home in a relative's name, but regained the property when the Michigan sale was completed.