In Re Zink

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“OCDC”), the disciplinary hearing panel, ■Brian E. Zink, and this Court all agree that Zink’s conduct through the course of his representation of Mary Hart and the subsequent federal investigation constitute misconduct and that he should be subject to discipline. After a hearing, the disciplinary panel recommended a retroactive suspension to coincide with a deferred prosecution agreement that Zink indepen dently reached with the United States attorney’s office. This Court rejects that recommendation and…