Columbus Bar Assn. v. Thomas

{¶ 1} Respondent, James D. Thomas of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0040464, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1988. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we indefinitely suspend respondent’s license to practice, based on findings that he misappropriated from a client at least $32,600 in entrusted funds. We accept the findings that respondent engaged in this professional misconduct and that an indefinite suspension of his license is appropriate.

{¶ 2} Relator, Columbus Bar Association, charged respondent in three counts of violating the…