Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Ass'n v. Johnson

{¶ 1} Respondent, Rita R. Johnson of University Heights, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0065959, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1996. In June 2009, relator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent with violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility and the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct 1 alleging that she had neglected legal matters entrusted to her, failed to provide competent representation, disobeyed an obligation under the rules of a tribunal, and failed to take reasonable steps to protect a client’s interest upon the…