Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. McCully

{¶ 1} This case requires us to decide the sanction for an attorney who (1) commingled her clients’ funds with her own while serving as guardian, attorney for the guardianship, and, ultimately, attorney for her deceased ward’s estate, (2) failed to appropriately account for approximately $12,000 of her client’s money, and (3) did not cooperate in the investigation of this misconduct. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found that respondent Joanne McCully (n.k.a. Brown) of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0050039, committed these acts in violation of DR…