Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Ass'n v. Fonda

{¶ 1} Respondent, Charles Walter Fonda of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0022753, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1981. In April 2012, relator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, charged Fonda with professional misconduct arising from his alleged neglect of two separate client matters. Relator amended its complaint in July 2012 to allege an additional violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct in Count One.

{¶ 2} With respect to both clients, a panel of the board found that Fonda failed to act with reasonable diligence, failed to keep the clients reasonably…