Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Peters

We adopt the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the board. Respondent violated DR 9-102. The evidence indicates that during most of the year in which respondent delayed paying his client’s medical bills, the balance in his trust account was insufficient to make those payments and that insufficiency was caused by respondent’s personal use of the funds. Respondent also violated DR 6-101(A)(3). His delay in paying Woods’s medical bills for nearly a year was a breach not only of his promise to Woods in the settlement statement, but also of his agreement with Chiropractic to pay the…