Ohio State Bar Assn. v. Evans

{¶ 1} Respondent, Judge David Dean Evans of Gallipolis, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0002043, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1972. He currently serves as judge of the general and domestic-relations divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Gallia County. Relator, Ohio State Bar Association, charged Judge Evans with professional misconduct for failing to disqualify himself from a case in which the judge had an admitted conflict with defense counsel.

{¶ 2} The parties submitted a consent-to-discipline agreement recommending that Judge Evans be publicly reprimanded. The Board…