Disciplinary Counsel v. Hillis

{¶ 1} Respondent, Scott Thomas Hillis of Zanesville, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0042087, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1989. On April 8, 2013, relator, disciplinary counsel, charged Hillis with professional misconduct after Hillis was arrested and charged and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor offenses of solicitation and criminal trespass following the discovery of Hillis with a known prostitute in his parked car on private property. Hillis at the time was the elected part-time law director for Zanesville, Ohio.

{¶ 2} A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances…