Disciplinary Counsel v. Hale

{¶ 1} Respondent, Harland Hanna Hale of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 023464, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1979.

{¶ 2} In April 2013, relator, disciplinary counsel, submitted a complaint to the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline. That complaint alleged that while serving as judge in the Environmental Division of the Franklin County Municipal Court, Hale committed multiple ethical violations when he dismissed a speeding ticket issued to his personal attorney without the prosecutor’s involvement and when he subsequently vacated the dismissal entry. The board…