Opinion

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. King

  • 37 Ohio St. 3d 77
  • 523 N.E.2d 857
  • 1988 Ohio LEXIS 157
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Jun 1, 1988
Status
Published
Author
Brown
On the bench
Brown, Christley, Douglas, Eleventh, Holmes, Locher, Moyer, Sweeney, Wright
Cited by
10 cases

attorney suspended for one year for engaging in sexual relations with fifteen year old girl

How later courts described this case

  • attorney suspended for one year for engaging in sexual relations with fifteen year old girl
  • consensual sex with 15-year-old non-client reflected adversely on fitness to practice law

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

H. Brown, J.,

dissenting. I believe the appropriate penalty in this case is a suspension from the practice of law for six months which was the recommendation to us by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Bar.

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