Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Heben

{¶ 1} Respondent, Edward Joseph Heben Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029052, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1975.

{¶ 2} In November 2015, relator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, charged him with professional misconduct in two client matters. The parties entered into a few factual stipulations, but Heben denied that he violated any professional-conduct rules. After a hearing, a three-member panel of the Board of Professional Conduct found that he violated Prof.Cond.R. 1.6(a) (prohibiting a lawyer from revealing confidential client information…