EXHIBIT B
Proof of Transmission to Federal Agencies (November 1, 2018)
Description: Materials evidencing the transmission of the Colorado PDJ suspension order to federal agencies, including EOIR and DHS, on or about November 1, 2018. Source: Certified records / correspondence from the Colorado PDJ/OARC and service lists to EOIR and DHS.
Date of Exhibit: October 31, 2018.
SUPREME COURT, STATE OF COLORADO
Case Number: 17PDJ037
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN DISCIPLINE BEFORE THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING DISCIPLINARY JUDGE
1300 Broadway, Suite 250
Denver, CO 80203
Complainant: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
Respondent: YOURAS ZIANKOVICH
ORDER AND NOTICE OF SUSPENSION
On April 10 and 11, 2018, the hearing board in this matter held a disciplinary hearing. On May 31, 2018, the hearing board issued an “Opinion and Decision Imposing Sanctions Under C.R.C.P. 251.19(b),” suspending Youras Ziankovich’s (“Respondent”) authority to practice law in Colorado for a period of one year and one day, with three months to be served and the remainder to be stayed upon the successful conclusion of a two-year period of probation.¹ The hearing board granted Respondent’s request to stay the sanction pending his appeal, provided that he submit to certain conditions, including practice monitoring. But on October 10, 2018, the hearing board found that Respondent had failed to comply with the practice monitoring condition attached to the stay, and that Respondent’s stay pending appeal should be revoked.
Under C.R.C.P. 251.28(a), the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (“the Court”) ORDERS that YOURAS ZIANKOVICH, New York attorney registration number 5196324, IS SUSPENDED FROM PRACTICING LAW IN THE STATE OF COLORADO FOR ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY, with THREE MONTHS to be served and the remainder to be stayed upon the successful completion of a TWO-YEAR period of probation, and his name shall be stricken from the list of attorneys authorized to practice in the State of Colorado, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. Respondent SHALL NOT engage in the practice of law in Colorado or aid others to practice law in violation of Colo. RPC 5.5(b).
Respondent SHALL promptly comply with C.R.C.P. 251.28(a)–(c), concerning winding up of affairs, notice to parties in pending matters, and notice to parties in litigation. Within fourteen days of issuance of this “Order and Notice of Suspension,” Respondent SHALL comply with C.R.C.P. 251.28(d), requiring an attorney to file an affidavit with the Court setting forth pending matters and attesting, inter alia, to notification of clients and of other jurisdictions where the attorney is licensed.
Should Respondent wish to resume the practice of law, he must submit to the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, within 28 days prior to the end of his period of suspension, an affidavit complying with C.R.C.P. 251.29(b).
¹ An amended opinion was issued on June 20, 2018, nunc pro tunc to May 31, 2018.
DATED THIS 31ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2018.
WILLIAM R. LUCERO
Presiding Disciplinary Judge
SERVICE / TRANSMISSION LIST
Respondent
Martindale-Hubbell — Via Email
Attn: Editorial Department
121 Chanlon Road, Suite 110
New Providence, NJ 07974
disciplinaryaction@lexisnexis.com
Immigration Law Office of Youras Ziankovich, P.C.
One World Trade Center, Suite 8500
New York, NY 10007
Immigration Law Office of Youras Ziankovich, P.C.
14405 Walters Road, Suite 808
Houston, TX 77014
y.ziankovich@polishlawyer.us
Supreme Court of the United States
Perry Thompson, Admissions Office
1 First Street Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20543
Via First-Class Mail and Email
pthompson@supremecourt.gov
ptadmit@supremecourt.gov
Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel
Bryon M. Large — Via Email
blarge@csc.state.co.us
United States Bankruptcy Court
Laura Guice — Via Email
721 19th Street, Room 117
Denver, CO 80202-2508
laura_guice@cob.uscourts.gov
cobml_training@cob.uscourts.gov
Hearing Board Members — Via Email
Murray Weiner
Dianne V. Truwe
American Bar Association
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
c/o Kevin Hanks
Byron White United States Courthouse
1823 Stout Street
Denver, CO 80257
disciplinaryorders@ca10.uscourts.gov
Board of Continuing Legal Education
United States District Court, District of Colorado
Colorado Attorney Registration
Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse
901 19th Street, Room A-105
Denver, CO 80294-3589
mark_fredrickson@cod.uscourts.gov
elvia.mondragon@judicial.state.co.us
edward_butler@cod.uscourts.gov
Colorado Bar Association
Patrick Flaherty, Executive Director
1900 Grant Street, Suite 950
Denver, CO 80203-4309
pflaherty@cobar.org
United States Department of Justice
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Office of the General Counsel
Jennifer J. Barnes, Disciplinary Counsel
5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2600
Falls Church, VA 22041
jeanniepark@usdoj.gov
Colorado Supreme Court — Via Email
Cheryl Stevens
2 East 14th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
cheryl.stevens@judicial.state.co.us
heather.petercarroll@judicial.state.co.us
liz.cunningham@judicial.state.co.us
United States Department of Justice, Trustee’s Office
Gregory Garvin, Assistant U.S. Trustee
999 18th Street, Suite 1551
Denver, CO 80202
gregory.garvin@usdoj.gov
IRS, Office of Professional Responsibility — Via Email
Kathy Gibbs
SE: OPR, 1111 Constitutional Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20224
kathy.a.gibbs@irs.gov