MEMBERS THOMAS G. KIENBAUM
CHAIRPERSON JAMES M. CAMERON, JR.
VICE-CHAIRPERSON ROSALIND E. GRIFFIN, M.D.
SECRETARY ANDREA L. SOLAK CARL E. VER BEEK CRAIG H. LUBBEN SYLVIA P. WHITMER, Ph.D
LAWRENCE G. CAMPBELL DULCE M. FULLER
STATE OF MICHIGAN
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD
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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT (Pending Appeal)
Case No. 11-56-GA Notice Issued: March 1, 2012 John B. Lygizos, P 27934, Detroit, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #1. . 1. Disbarment 2. Effective March 1, 2012 Respondent filed an answer the formal complaint and appeared at the public hearings. At the conclusion of those hearings, the panel found that respondent, as personal representative of a probate estate, misappropriated monies from the estate for his personal use. Respondent's conduct was in violation of MRPC 1.15(d) - failure to hold property of his client or a third party in connection with a representation separate from the lawyer's own property; MRPC 8.4(b) - engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit; MCR 9.1 04(A)(1) and MRPC 8.4(c) - engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice; MCR 9.1 04(A)(2) - engaged in conduct that exposes the legal profession or the courts to obloquy, contempt, censure or
reproach; MCR 9.1 04(A)(3) - engaged in conduct that is contrary to justice, ethics, honesty or good morals); and MCR 9.1 04(A)(4) and MRPC 8.4(a) - engaged in conduct that violated the standards or rules of professional responsibility adopted by the Supreme Court.
The hearing panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. Respondent filed a petition for review and a request for a stay of discipline. The Attorney Discipline Board granted respondent a temporary stay of discipline for 30 days and
modified the effective date of disbarment to commence March 1, 2012. scheduled for review proceedings before the Attorney Discipline Board.
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