Cuyahoga County Bar Ass'n v. Kraus

On July 13, 1999, relator, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent, David P. Kraus of Beachwood, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0039592, with the violation of several Disciplinary Rules. Respondent answered, and the matter was heard by a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court (“board”).

Based on stipulations and testimony received at the hearing, the panel found that in 1997, Philip and Debra Einhorn retained respondent and paid him $265 to resolve their credit problems. Although respondent sent two letters on his…