Disciplinary Counsel v. Hoppel

{¶ 1} Respondent, Richard Vincent Hoppel of East Liverpool, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0063000, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1994.

{¶ 2} In August 2009, relator, Disciplinary Counsel, filed a complaint charging respondent with more than 80 violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct after he accepted attorney fees to represent multiple clients in bankruptcy proceedings and then failed to perform the work. At the hearing, the relator dismissed two of the alleged violations. Based upon findings that respondent committed all of the remaining charged violations and that…