Richland County Bar Ass'n v. Akers

{¶ 1} Respondent, Eric Jonathan Akers of Ashland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0019706, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1973.

{¶ 2} On November 1, 2004, relator, the Richland County Bar Association, filed an amended complaint charging respondent with six counts of professional misconduct. Respondent answered, and a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline held a hearing and made findings of fact and conclusions of law, which the board adopted. The panel also recommended a sanction for the misconduct, which the board modified.

Misconduct

{¶ 3} Respondent practiced law…