Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Ass'n v. Sliwinski

{¶ 1} Respondent, Teddy Sliwinski of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0024901, was admitted to the bar in 1976. He was and is a solo practitioner, with a general practice in the Slavic Village area of Cleveland. On October 5, 2011, relator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, filed an amended complaint, alleging that Sliwinski failed to reduce contingent-fee agreements to writing and mishandled client funds, in part by failing to properly maintain his client trust account.

{¶ 2} The parties submitted agreed stipulations that included stipulated findings of fact and stipulations…