Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Burkholder

{¶ 1} Respondent, Fred Joseph Burkholder of Toledo, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0014094, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1983.

{¶ 2} On April 18, 2005, relator, Toledo Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent with professional misconduct. Respondent filed an answer to the complaint, and a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline held a hearing on the complaint in September 2005. The panel then prepared written findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation, all of which the board adopted.

*444Misconduct

{¶ 3} Respondent testified at his…