Columbus Bar Ass'n v. Ashton

{¶ 1} Respondent, Robert Edwin Ashton of Bexley, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0032276, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1984. On October 11, 2004, relator, Columbus Bar Association, charged respondent with violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility. A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline heard the cause and made findings of misconduct and a recommendation, all of which the board adopted.

Misconduct

{¶ 2} The parties stipulated that while struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine, respondent took unauthorized expense-account advances…