Toledo Bar Assn. v. Rust

{¶ 1} Respondent, John G. Rust of Toledo, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0000098, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1948. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we suspend respondent’s license to practice for six months, but stay the suspension on conditions, including a two-year monitored probation. The recommendation is based on findings that respondent agreed to file a wrongful-death action at the behest of the decedent’s heir, but then brought the suit on behalf of the administrator of the decedent’s estate, the proper party-plaintiff,…