Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Droe

In November 1996, we suspended respondent, William G. Droe of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0040993, from the practice of law for one year with six months stayed. Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Droe (1996), 77 Ohio St.3d 89, 671 N.E.2d 230. Two years later, in December 1998, we suspended respondent from the practice of law indefinitely. Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Droe (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 143, 702 N.E.2d 407.

In October 1999, while under indefinite suspension, respondent filed a lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, signing the name of attorney *17David H. Drueker as counsel,…