Disciplinary Counsel v. Owens.

*536 {¶ 1} Respondent, Robert Morris Owens, of Delaware, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0069866, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1998.

{¶ 2} In a May 30, 2017 complaint, relator, disciplinary counsel, alleged that Owens violated three professional-conduct rules in his efforts to purge a client's contempt for failure to pay court-ordered spousal support and obtain that client's release from jail.

*1201 {¶ 3} Based on the parties' stipulations of fact and stipulated exhibits and the evidence presented at the hearing, a panel of the Board of Professional Conduct found that Owens committed…