Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. Hatfield

We have previously said that our Disciplinary Rules require that a lawyer not intentionally fail to carry out his contract with his client or cause damage to the client. Columbus Bar Assn. v. Clark (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 363, 365, 667 N.E.2d 1182, 1183. For that reason we have indefinitely suspended lawyers who have lied to their clients and deceived them into believing that their interests were being attended to when they were not. Disciplinary Counsel v. *233Trumbo (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 369, 667 N.E.2d 1186. In Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Altekruse (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 266, 631 N.E.2d 612, we…