Disciplinary Counsel v. Carlson

{¶ 1} Respondent, Christopher Thomas Carlson of Wadsworth, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0062450, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1993. On October 8, 2003, we suspended respondent’s license to practice law for two years for violations of the following Disciplinary Rules: DR 5-103(A) (barring an attorney from acquiring an improper proprietary interest in a client’s case) and 5-104(A) (limiting a lawyer’s business transactions with a client). Medina Cty. Bar Assn. v. Carlson, 100 Ohio St.3d 134, 2003-Ohio-5073, 797 N.E.2d 55.

{¶ 2} On October 10, 2005, relator, Disciplinary Counsel, filed a…