Muskingum County Bar Ass'n v. Workman

Respondent’s objections to the board’s report and recommendation essentially relate to the severity of the recommended penalty. Respondent suggests that, if any penalty be imposed, such penalty should be a public reprimand. For the following reasons, we overrule respondent’s objections and adopt both the findings of fact and recommended sanction of a one-year suspension.

In Columbus Bar Assn. v. Harris (1982), 1 Ohio St. 3d 33, we issued a one-year suspension to an attorney convicted of aggravated assault which is a violation of R.C. 2903.12 and also a fourth-degree felony. This conviction…