Ohio State Bar Association v. Jacob

{¶ 1} Respondent, Harry Joseph Jacob III, of Solon, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0008620, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1981. Jacob served as a Bedford Municipal Court judge from 2010 until he resigned in October 2014 after he was found guilty of soliciting prostitution and falsifying a court record.

{¶ 2} In March 2016, relator, the Ohio State Bar Association, filed an amended complaint against Jacob charging him with judicial and professional misconduct for the activities that led to his criminal convictions. Jacob stipulated to most, but not all, of the allegations…