Columbus Bar Ass'n v. Wolfe

These cases share a common issue. Whether, in view of the changes in the manner of discipline under Section (6) of Gov. R. V, a one-year suspension penalty should be ordered in the case of an attorney who is convicted of willful failure to file federal income tax returns.

Since 1972, the rule in Ohio has been that an attorney who is convicted of the charge of willful failure to file income tax returns is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law. Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Stein (1972), 29 Ohio St. 2d 77; Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Beall (1978), 54 Ohio St. 2d 168; Dayton Bar Assn. v. Westbrock…