Disciplinary Counsel v. Ford

{¶ 1} Respondent, George Cook Ford III of Norwalk, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0011982, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1977.

{¶ 2} On May 26, 2011, relator, disciplinary counsel, filed a three-count complaint alleging that Ford had neglected one client’s legal matter, failed to provide competent representation to a second client, charged the second client an illegal or clearly excessive fee, failed to reasonably communicate with both clients, and failed to cooperate with the resulting disciplinary investigations, and that this conduct was prejudicial to the administration…