Opinion
11-05-2019
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
ATTORNEY-REGISTRATION MATTERS
On November 1, 2019, the Supreme Court issued orders suspending 264 attorneys for noncompliance with Gov.Bar R. VI, which requires attorneys to file a certificate of registration and pay applicable fees on or before September 1, 2019. The text of the entry imposing the suspension is reproduced below. This is followed by a list of the attorneys who were suspended. The list includes each attorney's attorney-registration number.
Because an attorney suspended pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI can be reinstated immediately upon application, an attorney whose name appears below may have been reinstated prior to publication of this notice. Please contact the Office of Attorney Services at 614-387-9320 to determine the current status of an attorney whose name appears below.
In re Attorney Registration : Suspension : : [Attorney Name] : [Registration Number] Respondent. : : ORDER OF SUSPENSION
Gov.Bar R. VI(2) requires attorneys admitted to the practice of law in Ohio to file a certificate of registration for the 2019/2021 attorney-registration biennium on or before September 1, 2019. Gov.Bar R. VI(10)(A) establishes that an attorney who fails to file the certificate of registration on or before September 1, 2019, but pays within 60 days of the deadline shall be assessed a late fee. Gov.Bar R. VI(10)(B) provides that an attorney who fails to file a certificate of registration and pay the fees either timely or within the late-registration period shall be notified of apparent noncompliance and that if the attorney fails to file evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or to come into compliance within 60 days of the deadline, the attorney will be suspended from the practice of law.
Respondent has not registered for the 2019/2021 attorney-registration biennium on or before September 1, 2019, and has not filed evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or come into compliance with this rule within 60 days of the deadline.
Upon consideration thereof and in accordance with Gov.Bar R. VI(10)(B), respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law in Ohio, effective as of the date of this order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent immediately cease and desist from the practice of law in any form and is hereby forbidden to appear on behalf of another before any court, judge, commission, board, administrative agency, or other public authority. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that effective immediately, respondent be forbidden to counsel or advise or prepare legal instruments for others or in any manner perform legal services for others.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall not practice law in Ohio; hold himself or herself out as authorized to practice law in Ohio; hold nonfederal judicial office in Ohio; occupy a nonfederal position in this state in which the attorney is called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or pass upon the legal effect of any act, document, or law; be employed in the Ohio judicial system in a position required to be held by an attorney; or practice before any nonfederal court or agency in this state on behalf of any person except himself or herself.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if respondent fails to comply with this order, respondent may be referred for investigation of the unauthorized practice of law under Gov.Bar R. VII.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent is hereby divested of each, any, and all rights, privileges, and prerogatives customarily accorded to a member in good standing of the legal profession in Ohio.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notwithstanding respondent's suspension under Gov.Bar R. VI, respondent shall comply with Gov.Bar R. X ("Continuing legal education").
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall not be reinstated to the practice of law in Ohio until (1) respondent files certificates of registration for all biennia for which respondent has not registered, (2) respondent pays all applicable registration fees, (3) respondent pays the reinstatement fee set forth in Gov.Bar R. VI(10)(D), (4) respondent files an application for reinstatement on a form provided by the Office of Attorney Services, and (5) the Office of Attorney Services reinstates respondent to the practice of law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall keep the Office of Attorney Services advised of any change of address where respondent may receive communications.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that service shall be deemed made on respondent by sending this order, and all other orders in this matter, by certified mail to the most recent address respondent has provided to the Office of Attorney Services.
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