Disciplinary Counsel v. Thompson

{¶ 1} Respondent, Harold Lee Thompson of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0033253, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1975. In March 1982, we publicly reprimanded Thompson based on findings that he had withdrawn unearned funds from his client trust account to meet personal and office expenses and caused an overdraft of the account. Columbus Bar Assn. v. Thompson, 69 Ohio St.2d 667, 433 N.E.2d 602 (1982).

{¶ 2} On December 10, 2012, a probable-cause panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline certified to the board a three-count complaint filed against…