Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Pansiera

In Disciplinary Counsel v. McCrae (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 511, 664 N.E.2d 523, we considered an attorney’s conviction for conduct not directly relating to the practice of law and pointed out that the Ethical Considerations adopted as a part of our Code of Professional Responsibility state that a lawyer “should refrain from all illegal and morally reprehensible conduct. Because of *438his position in society, even minor violations of law by a lawyer may tend to lessen public confidence in the legal profession.” EC 1-5.

While respondent in this case had no lawyer-client relationship with the…