Disciplinary Counsel v. Runyan

{¶ 1} Respondent, Jeffrey Lynn Runyan of Newark, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0004873, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1979. In November 1998, respondent was elected to the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas. In February 1999, he began serving as the sole general-division judge in that court.

{¶ 2} On February 4, 2005, relator, Disciplinary Counsel, charged respondent in an amended, two-count complaint with violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Code of Professional Responsibility. A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline heard the…