Akron Bar Ass'n v. Carter

{¶ 1} Respondent, Cornell Phillip Carter of Fairlawn, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0062986, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1994. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that respondent’s license to practice law in Ohio should be suspended for two years, with the final year of the suspension stayed.

{¶ 2} On June 9, 2006, relator, Akron Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent with professional misconduct. Respondent filed an answer to the complaint, and a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline held a hearing on the complaint in March 2007. The panel…