# Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baker

> Ohio Supreme Court · December 14, 1992 · 65 Ohio St. 3d 302

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6766033

## Case

- **Full name:** Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baker
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 14, 1992
- **Citations:** 65 Ohio St. 3d 302; 603 N.E.2d 990; 1992 Ohio LEXIS 3157
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Moyer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
This court concurs with the board that respondent violated DR 1-102(A)(6). We also agree that respondent willfully failed to file his 1987 tax return and that our precedent in such cases requires a one-year suspension from the practice of law. Further, the testimony offered in mitigation is insufficient to warrant a lesser sanction, particularly when the record shows that respondent’s disability ended with his return to work in 1987. According *305 ly, we order that respondent be suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for a period of one year. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes and Wright, JJ., concur.
Douglas, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., separately dissent.

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