Legal Opinion
In Re Judicial Campaign Complaint Against O’Toole
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 2014No. 2012-1653PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLanzinger, J.
{¶ 1} This disciplinary action was brought against respondent, Colleen Mary O’Toole of Concord, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0053652, who was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1991. Pursuant to Gov.Jud.R. II(5)(D), a five-member judicial commission found that O’Toole violated Jud.Cond.R. 4.3(A) while she was a 2012 judicial candidate for the Eleventh District Court of Appeals. The rule prohibits a judicial candidate from knowingly or recklessly conveying information about the candidate or the candidate’s opponent that is false or that, if true, would deceive or mislead a…
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