Bar Ass'n v. Zaffiro

In my opinion, the punishment meted out to the respondent should be a public reprimand. This case differs in considerable measure from Bar Assn. v. Cassaro (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 62, which involves a similar setting and heard one day prior to the cause at bar.

I have joined with my colleagues in calling for a suspension in Cassaro, but yet feel that the respondent, at bar, does not merit suspension.

In the instant cause, upon learning that his clients were not bona fide claimants, the respondent immediately tried to withdraw his name from the workers’ compensation files. Only the manner in…