Columbus Bar Ass'n v. Gill

The record clearly supports the board’s finding that respondent violated DR 9-102. Therefore, we adopt this finding as our own. Our review of the evidence, however, requires us to impose a more severe sanction than that recommended.

In the past, this court has plainly warned that it will not tolerate an attorney’s misuse of his client’s funds and it has responded to such ethical breaches by suspending the attorney from the practice of law for at least one year. See, e.g., Toledo Bar Assn. v. Gruhler (1985), 16 Ohio St. 3d 5, 16 OBR 257, 475 N.E. 2d 481; Toledo Bar Assn. v. Potts (1984), 9 Ohio…