Ohio State Bar Ass'n v. Reid

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

In disciplinary cases, the Supreme Court renders the final determination of the facts and conclusions of law. Therefore, in assessing the propriety of the conduct in question and the appropriate sanction, if any, the Supreme Court is not bound by the board’s findings of fact or conclusions of law. In re Complaint Against Harper (1996), 77 Ohio St.3d 211, 215-216, 673 N.E.2d 1253, 1258, and Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Heitzler (1972), 32 Ohio St.2d 214, 220, 61 O.O.2d 451, 454, 291 N.E.2d 477, 482. Applying this standard, we have considered the board’s findings of fact…