Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Hales

{¶ 1} We must decide in this case the appropriate sanction for a lawyer who (1) mishandled and consequently lost a client’s case because of his inexperience, (2) failed to notify his insurance carrier of the client’s legal-malpractice claim against him, prompting the insurer to deny coverage, and (3) declared bankruptcy, preventing his client from collecting on the legal-malpractice judgment that she obtained. Finding that these acts violated the Code of Professional Responsibility, the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that *341we suspend the lawyer’s license for two…