Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. Frazier

{¶ 1} On December 4, 2000, relator, Cleveland Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent, Arthur Ray Frazier of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0063635, with several violations of the Code of Professional Conduct arising out of his use of client funds deposited in his trust account. Respondent answered, and the matter was heard by a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline.

{¶ 2} The panel found that in May 1998, respondent received a check for $17,530 from his client, Ruby Jackson, which was to be used to pay Jackson’s former husband pursuant to…