Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. Judge

In August 1996, Brian Costa retained respondent, Thomas J. Judge1 of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0024839, to represent him on a claim for Social Security disability benefits. Thereafter, despite repeated attempts by Costa to contact respondent concerning his claim, and after respondent’s office claimed that Costa’s file had been lost, respondent failed to respond. In addition, other than filing a request for reconsideration, which was denied, respondent did not do any work on the claim. He also failed to file an appeal of the denial of the request for reconsideration, and Costa…