Disciplinary Counsel v. Lentes

{¶ 1} Respondent, John Robert Lentes of Gallipolis, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029906, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1985. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we permanently disbar respondent, based on findings that he systematically deceived clients through lies about fictitious complaints, hearings, and other legal proceedings, in one case even fabricating a judgment entry, and also disregarded efforts to investigate this misconduct. We find that respondent committed these unconscionable acts, that he thereby flagrantly violated…