Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Burkhart

Upon review of the record, we agree with the board’s findings that respondent violated DR 1-102(A)(4) and (6), as well with its conclusion that respondent did not violate DR 1 — 102(A)(3). We, therefore, reject the argument raised in relator’s objections to the board’s report — that respondent’s theft in office convictions involved “moral turpitude.”

Acts of moral turpitude, although not subject to exact definition, Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Shott (1967), 10 Ohio St.2d 117, 130, 39 O.O.2d 110, 118, 226 N.E.2d 724, 733, are characterized by “ ‘baseness, vileness, or the depravity in private and…