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Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair

Supreme Court of Ohio
Feb 24, 2011
2011 Ohio 767 (Ohio 2011)

Summary

In Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair, 128 Ohio St.3d 384, 2011-Ohio-767, 944 N.E.2d 1161, we considered an attorney who had mishandled and misappropriated almost $17,000 in funds belonging to her incompetent ward and who had failed to properly supervise her employees, resulting in the filing of a false guardian account and a forged affidavit.

Summary of this case from Disciplinary Counsel v. Simon–Seymour

Opinion

No. 2010-1862.

Submitted January 4, 2011.

Decided February 24, 2011.

ON CERTIFIED REPORT by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court, No. 10-013.

Jonathan E. Coughlan, Disciplinary Counsel, and Joseph M. Calighili, Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Michele M. Lazzaro, for respondent.


Summaries of

Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair

Supreme Court of Ohio
Feb 24, 2011
2011 Ohio 767 (Ohio 2011)

In Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair, 128 Ohio St.3d 384, 2011-Ohio-767, 944 N.E.2d 1161, we considered an attorney who had mishandled and misappropriated almost $17,000 in funds belonging to her incompetent ward and who had failed to properly supervise her employees, resulting in the filing of a false guardian account and a forged affidavit.

Summary of this case from Disciplinary Counsel v. Simon–Seymour

In Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair, 128 Ohio St.3d 384, 2011-Ohio-767, 944 N.E.2d 1161, we suspended an attorney from the practice of law for two years with 18 months stayed on conditions because, in her capacity as a court-appointed guardian, the attorney withdrew all of the ward's funds from her client's trust account, bankrupting the ward, but did not use any of those funds for the ward's benefit.

Summary of this case from Toledo Bar Assn. v. Scott

In Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair, 128 Ohio St.3d 384, 2011-Ohio-767, 944 N.E.2d 1161, we suspended an attorney from the practice of law for two years with 18 months stayed on conditions because, in her capacity as a court-appointed guardian, the attorney withdrew all of the ward's funds from her client's trust account, bankrupting the ward, but did not use any of those funds for the ward's benefit.

Summary of this case from Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Scott.
Case details for

Disciplinary Counsel v. Blair

Case Details

Full title:DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BLAIR

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Feb 24, 2011

Citations

2011 Ohio 767 (Ohio 2011)
2011 Ohio 767

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