Mahoning County Bar Ass'n v. Alexander

Canon No. 11 of our Canons of Professional Ethics provides:

“The lawyer should refrain from any action whereby for his personal benefit or gain he abuses or takes advantage of the confidence reposed in him by his client.

“Money of the client or collected for the client or other trust property coming into the possession of the lawyer should be reported and accounted for promptly, and should not under any circumstances be commingled with his own or be used by him.”

From an examination of the voluminous transcript of the evidence and the exhibits, we find that the charges against this respondent…