Allen County Bar Ass'n v. Linnon

{¶ 1} Respondent, Craig M. Linnon of Ada, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0062690, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1994. On January 7, 2002, relator, Allen County Bar Association, charged respondent in a third amended complaint with having violated the Code of Professional Responsibility. Although respondent moved to dismiss the original complaint and answered the second amended complaint, he did not answer the complaint as amended the third time.

{¶ 2} The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline scheduled a hearing in the cause for June 28, 2002. Although notice of…