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NOTICE OF DISBARMENT Case Nos. 18-120-AI; 21-75-RD Notice Issued: March 30, 2022 Daniel C. Flint, P 73983, Southfield, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Tri-County Hearing Panel #63
Disbarment, Effective October 19, 2018 The Grievance Administrator filed a notice of filing of reciprocal discipline pursuant to MCR 9.120(C) that attached a certified copy of an Order of Discipline disbarring respondent, Daniel C. Flint, entered by the Disciplinary Hearing Commission of the North Carolina State Bar on September 7, 2021, in North Carolina State Bar v Daniel C. Flint, 19DHC4. The September 7, 2021, North Carolina disbarment was the result of respondent’s October 19, 2018 felony conviction for entering an aircraft or airport area in violation of security requirements with intent to evade security procedures and restrictions, in the matter titled United States of America v Daniel Flint, US District Court, Central District of California, Western Division, Case No. CR-17-697-SJO.
An order regarding imposition of reciprocal discipline was issued by the Board on October 25, 2021, ordering the parties to, within 21 days from service of the order, inform the Board in writing (i) of any objection to the imposition of comparable discipline in Michigan based on the grounds set forth in MCR 9.120(C)(1) and (ii) whether a hearing was requested. Respondent filed an objection on November 19, 2021, and requested a hearing. The matter was assigned to Tri-County Hearing Panel #63 for disposition. A hearing was held pursuant to MCR 9.120(C)(3).
On March 28, 2022, Tri-County Hearing Panel #63 ordered that respondent be disbarred from the practice of law in Michigan effective October 19, 2018, the date respondent’s license in Michigan was suspended on an interim basis as a result of his felony conviction and at the request of the Grievance Administrator. 1 Costs were assessed in the amount of $1,772.00
See Notice of Automatic Interim Suspension, issued November 1, 2018.