"We concur in this analysis and conclude that the guardianship proceeding that Parisi initiated on behalf of Demming's niece, no matter how well-intentioned, was necessarily adverse to Demming."
How later courts described this case
- "We concur in this analysis and conclude that the guardianship proceeding that Parisi initiated on behalf of Demming's niece, no matter how well-intentioned, was necessarily adverse to Demming."
- “[Rule 1.14] does not authorize a lawyer to represent a third party in seeking to have a court appoint a guardian for his client. Such a representation would necessarily have to be regarded as ‘adverse’ to the client and prohibited by Rule 1.7(a
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Cupp, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
{¶ 39} Although I concur in the decision of the court, I would also add as a condition of the stayed suspension that Parisi submit to the monitoring of her practice by an attorney designated by relator during the entire term of the stayed six-month suspension.
*357 Gary C. Schaengold and Mark A. Tuss, for relator.
Konrad Kuczak and Dianna M. Anelli, for respondent.