Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Gruhler

Initially, there is no dispute that respondent violated DR 1-102(A)(4) and (6). Relator’s sole objection to the board’s findings and recommendation deals with the recommended sanction of a one-year suspension. The Toledo Bar Association has advocated throughout this entire proceeding that respondent be permanently disbarred or, at the minimum, be indefinitely suspended. Relator characterizes respondent’s conduct as intentional, fraudulent, and amounting to theft from his clients. Respondent, having filed no objections to the board’s report, would accept a one-year suspension or, ideally, a…