Disciplinary Counsel v. Sartini

{¶ 1} This court admitted respondent Thomas L. Sartini of Jefferson, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0001937, to the practice of law in Ohio in 1975. We admitted respondent, Ariana E. Niemi, a.k.a. Tarighati, of Jefferson, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0039372, to the practice of law in Ohio in 1987. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we publicly reprimand respondents because they caused a criminal defendant’s mother to communicate a plea offer to the defendant outside the presence of and without the prior consent of the defendant’s counsel. On review,…