Disciplinary Counsel v. Dettinger

{¶ 1} Respondent, James Frederick Dettinger of Toledo, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0023637, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1974. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we suspend respondent’s license to practice for six months, all stayed on the condition of no further misconduct, based on findings that he accepted a loan from a client without disclosing the attendant risks of their conflicting interests. We agree that respondent violated the Code of Professional Responsibility as found by the board and that a six-month, conditionally…