Columbus Bar Ass'n v. Farkas

In a five-count complaint, filed on January 29, 2001, relator, Columbus Bar Association, charged respondent, Jeffrey William Farkas of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0061547, with multiple violations of the Disciplinary Code. The parties agreed to add an additional matter in a stipulation submitted at the hearing held on August 22, 2001, by a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court.

Count One — Hairston Matter

In 1990, the Franklin County Probate Court appointed Jacqueline Hairston as fiduciary for the estate of Lewis Hairston. Into early…