Dayton Bar Ass'n v. Stephan

Leppla Associates and Gary J. Leppla, for respondent. Popp & Tuss and Mark A. Tuss, for relator.

{¶ 9} I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion with respect to the sanction imposed on respondent. In this case, the respondent neglected an entrusted legal matter for which he had accepted a check for $350. As a result, his client was put at risk of being held in contempt of court. Respondent has not returned the check to his client, even though she ultimately hired substitute counsel to complete the work respondent had agreed to do. Moreover, respondent neglected to appropriately respond…