In re Disqualification of O'Donnell

{¶ 1} Plaintiff Karen G. Thimmes has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Colleen O’Donnell and all other Franklin County judges from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. 13-CV-007921, a legal-malpractice action pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County.

{¶ 2} Thimmes claims that defendant Thomas Taneff is an attorney who is “personally known” by Judge O’Donnell and other Franklin County judges and that disqualification is therefore necessary to avoid any appearance of impropriety. Judge O’Donnell has…