Cuyahoga County Bar Ass'n v. Churilla

We have said on many occasions that “the appropriate sanction for misappropriation of client funds and continued neglect of duty is disbarment.” Columbus Bar Assn. v. Sterner (1996), 77 Ohio St.3d 164, 167, 672 N.E.2d 633, 635, and cases cited therein. The facts in this case not only parallel those in Sterner, namely, a continued pattern of stealing from clients and neglect of client interests, but, as in Sterner, the respondent also seeks to mitigate the severity of any sanction by reference to his psychological condition unsupported by properly admitted expert testimony.

Moreover, the…