Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Linick

I respectfully dissent from the sanction imposed by the majority. In the case of Ohio State Bar Assn. v. Zuckerman (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 148, 699 N.E.2d 40, the court imposed a one-year suspension. In the Zuckerman case, no one disputes that Zuckerman did competent *491work and received a reasonable fee for his services. He then kicked back fifty percent of the fee to Linick.

Linick performed no services for the percentage of kickback he received. He had a similar scheme going with Attorney Kanter. Linick returned none of this money to his employer, Glidden. He was the mastermind and the…