Miami County Bar Ass'n v. Hallows

Public trust in the legal profession is tested daily in the service provided by each individual lawyer to his or her clients. When a lawyer, who has taken responsibility for a client’s papers or property, commingles client funds or dissipates that property, that lawyer not only ill serves the client but also contributes to the erosion of public trust in the profession. Columbus Bar Assn, v. Brooks (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 524, 664 N.E.2d 900.

This disciplinary proceeding involves a respondent whose clients expected him to promptly remit settlement funds and to handle estate funds with the utmost…