Akron Bar Ass'n v. Hoffer

We adopt the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the

board. “[W]hen an attorney engages in a course of conduct that violates DR 1-102(A)(4), the attorney will be actually suspended from the practice of law for an appropriate period of time.” Disciplinary Counsel v. Fowerbaugh (1995), 74 Ohio St.3d 187, 191, 658 N.E.2d 237, 240. Here, respondent’s repeated deceit regarding the arbitration proceedings constitutes a “course of conduct” rather than an isolated act and consequently warrants an actual suspension from the practice of law. See, e.g., Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Caliman (1998), 83…