Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Belock

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 82 Ohio St.3d 98.] CLEVELAND BAR ASSOCIATION v. BELOCK. [Cite as Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Belock,

1998-Ohio-261.] Attorneys at law—Misconduct—Disbarment—Deliberate misappropriation of client funds for personal benefit. (No. 97-2273— Submitted March 3, 1998—Decided June 10, 1998.) ON CERTIFIED REPORT by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court, No. 96-88. __________________ {¶ 1} In June 1996, respondent, Dale J. Belock of Morgantown, West Virginia, Attorney

Registration No. 0031806,

was convicted of…