Akron Bar Assn. v. Smithern

{¶ 1} Respondent, Michelle A. Smithern of Akron, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0032850, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1986. On February 17, 2009, we suspended respondent’s license to practice law on an interim basis, pursuant to Gov.Bar R. V(5)(A)(4), upon receiving notice that she had been convicted of a felony. In re Smithern, 120 Ohio St.3d 1520, 2009-Ohio-686, 901 N.E.2d 240.

{¶ 2} The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline now recommends that we indefinitely suspend respondent’s license to practice law based on the board’s findings that respondent was…