Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. France

{¶ 1} We are asked in this case to determine the sanction for an attorney who seriously neglected two clients’ cases and then, despite having been disciplined recently for other serious misconduct, repeatedly ignored efforts to investigate the neglect. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found that respondent, John S. France of Toledo, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0014846, committed these acts and thereby violated DR 1-102(A)(5) (engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice), 6-101(A)(l) (handling a legal matter that a lawyer is incompetent to…