NOTICE OF REVOCATION BY RESIGNATION PURSUANT TO MCR 9.115(M)
Case No. 92-120-GA Michael J. Blake, P-26130, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #7.
1) Revocation; 2) Effective July 17, 1993. The hearing panel found that, in 1986, respondent became involved in a drug conspiracy and participated in trafficking illegal drugs, specifically cocaine. The panel further found that in February, 1986, respondent sold one kilogram of cocaine for $37,000; in April, 1986, respondent participated in a drug transaction involving the sale of ten kilograms of cocaine for $250,000; respondent received $10,000 for his participation in the April, 1986 transaction; in May, 1986, respondent participated in a drug transaction involving the sale of ten kilograms of cocaine for $250,000; and, respondent received $10,000 for his participation in the May, 1986 transaction.
Respondent's conduct was found to be in violation of MCR 9.104 (1)-(5); 21 USC 841(a)(1); MCL 750.157(a); MCL 333.7401(2)(a)(i); the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct, 8.4(a)-(c); and Canon 1 of the then-applicable Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1- 102(A)(1),(3),(4)and(6).
Respondent offered his resignation from the State Bar of Michigan. However, MCR 9.115(M) provides that: "[A]n attorney's request that his . . . name be stricken from the official register of attorneys may not be accepted while . . . a complaint is pending, except pursuant to an order of revocation." Therefore, the panel entered an Order of Revocation Pursuant to MCR 9.115(M).
Costs were assessed in the amount of $505.65.