Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Ass'n v. Wooten

{¶ 1} On May 2, 2012, relator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, filed a complaint with the Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law against respondents Derek Wooten and Aaron, Derek, Carter & Steen, L.L.C. (“ADCS”). The complaint alleged that Wooten, who is not admitted to practice law in Ohio, and ADCS filed 118 small-claims collection actions on behalf of at least six clients in several Ohio municipal courts. Wooten and ADCS filed an answer admitting to some of the allegations in the complaint.

{¶ 2} Relator filed a motion for summary judgment with 117 exhibits. The motion and the…