Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Seibel

{¶ 1} Respondent, Ronald E. Seibel of Loveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0077296, was admitted to the bar in 2004. On December 6, 2010, relator, Cincinnati Bar Association, filed a complaint alleging that Seibel had accepted $2,500 from a client in two installments as a nonrefundable retainer, that he had failed to deposit the money into his client trust account, and that, he had failed to return the client’s file and provide an accounting when the client sought to terminate his representation.

{¶2} The parties submitted a consent-to-discipline agreement that included stipulated…