Disciplinary Counsel v. Bender

{¶ 1} Respondent, David Bryan Bender of Washington Court House, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0037249, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1986. Bender was appointed to the bench of the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas, Probate and Juvenile Divisions, in April 2011 and took office in May 2011.

{¶ 2} In February 2013, a probable-cause panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline certified the formal complaint of relator, disciplinary counsel, to the board. In the complaint, relator alleged that during Bender’s transition from private practice to the bench,…