# Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Lemieux

> Ohio Supreme Court · November 19, 2024 · 177 Ohio St. 3d 1221

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11080328

## Case

- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** November 19, 2024
- **Citations:** 177 Ohio St. 3d 1221; 252 N.E.3d 160; 2024 Ohio 5444
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
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## Opinion text

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 177 Ohio St.3d 1221.]

CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN BAR ASSOCIATION v. LEMIEUX.
[Cite as Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Lemieux, 2024-Ohio-5444.]
(No. 2013-1246—Submitted November 13, 2024—Decided November 19, 2024.)
ON APPLICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT.
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{¶ 1} This cause came on for further consideration upon the filing on April
26, 2024, of a petition for reinstatement by respondent, John Louis Lemieux,
Attorney Registration No. 0073494. In accordance with Gov.Bar R. V(25)(E),
respondent’s petition for reinstatement was referred to the Board of Professional
Conduct. The board filed its final report in this court on October 4, 2024,
recommending that respondent be reinstated to the practice of law in Ohio with
conditions. No objections to said final report were filed, and this cause was
considered by the court.
{¶ 2} Upon consideration thereof, it is ordered by this court that the petition
for reinstatement of respondent is granted and that respondent, John Louis
Lemieux, last known address in Lakewood, Ohio, is reinstated to the practice of
law in Ohio. It is further ordered that upon respondent’s return to active status, he
shall (1) enter into a new three-year Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program contract
and comply with its terms, (2) submit to random monthly drug testing for a period
of three years, (3) practice law in association with at least one other experienced
lawyer for the first year following his reinstatement and return to active status, (4)
work with a monitoring attorney designated or approved by relator under which his
practice of law shall be monitored for the first year following his reinstatement and
return to active status, (5) complete at least six hours of continuing-legal-education
(“CLE”) training in office management and at least three hours of CLE training in
IOLTA management within six months following reinstatement and return to active
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status, and (6) remit the $2,760 due to Jennifer Heise to the Unclaimed Funds
Division of the Ohio Department of Commerce, if that division approves such a
remittance.
{¶ 3} It is further ordered that the clerk of this court issue certified copies
of this order as provided for in Gov.Bar R. V(17)(E)(1) and that publication be
made as provided for in Gov.Bar R. V(17)(E)(2).
{¶ 4} For earlier case, see Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Lemieux, 2014-
Ohio-2127.
KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, STEWART, and DETERS,
JJ., concur.
BRUNNER, J., not participating.
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