Columbus Bar Ass'n v. Peden

{¶ 1} Respondent, John Joseph Peden of Gahanna, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0021233, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1983. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we suspend respondent’s license to practice for six months, with the suspension stayed on remedial conditions, based on findings that respondent mishandled client funds in his possession and initially failed to cooperate in the disciplinary investigation. We adopt the findings of professional misconduct and the recommended sanction.

{¶ 2} Relator, Columbus Bar Association, charged…