Opinion

Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Westmeyer

  • 35 Ohio St. 3d 261
  • 520 N.E.2d 223
  • 1988 Ohio LEXIS 61
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Mar 16, 1988
Status
Published
On the bench
Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Lochee, Moyer, Sweeney, Wright
Cited by
4 cases
Authority
More cited than 94.6%

imposing a one-year stayed suspension on an attorney who had neglected a client matter and had tried to exonerate himself from liability for his malpractice

How later courts described this case

  • imposing a one-year stayed suspension on an attorney who had neglected a client matter and had tried to exonerate himself from liability for his malpractice

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Per Curiam.

This court finds that respondent violated the aforementioned Disciplinary Rules indicated by the board. While we adopt the findings of the board, we reject the sanction recommended. Respondent is hereby ordered suspended from the practice of law in the state of Ohio for one year, that year being suspended on the condition that respondent satisfactorily complete a two-year probation period. Costs taxed to respondent.

Judgment accordingly.

Sweeney, Lochee, Holmes, *264 Douglas, Wright and H. Brown, JJ., concur.

Moyer, C.J., dissents.

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