Disciplinary Counsel v. Wilson

{¶ 1} Respondent, Jesslyn Chesterfield Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029002, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1982.

{¶ 2} On February 26, 2013, relator, disciplinary counsel, filed a complaint alleging that Wilson had violated multiple provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct by signing the name of her granddaughter’s mother to an affidavit, notarizing the document without noting that she had signed it with the affiant’s authorization, and then filing the document in a guardianship proceeding that was pending in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court.…