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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT
Case Nos. 19-21-AI; 19-86-JC
Notice Issued: February 26, 2020
Paul F. Zyburski, P 41488, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Tri County Hearing Panel #22.
Disbarment, Effective February 19, 2020.1
Respondent was convicted of aiding and abetting a co-defendant in the crime of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and distribution, in violation of 21 USC § 841( a)(1), a felony, in a matter titled United States of America v Paul Zyburski, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Case NO. 3: 18 CR 20348. In accordance with MCR 9.120(B)(1), respondent's license to practice law in Michigan was automatically suspended effective March 8, 2019, the date of respondent's felony conviction. Based on respondent's conviction, the panel found that respondent engaged in conduct that violated a criminal law of the United States, in violation of MCR 9.104(5).
The panel ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan. Total costs were assessed in the amount of $1,920.10. a Mark A. Armitage Executive Director
1 Respondent has been continuously suspended from the practice of law in Michigan since March 8, 2019. Please see Notice of Automatic Interim Suspension issued April 4, 2019.