Cuyahoga County Bar Ass'n v. Lawrence

{¶ 1} In July 1995, we suspended respondent, David Lawrence of Euclid, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0015293, from the practice of law in Ohio for one year. Disciplinary Counsel v. Lawrence (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 420, 650 N.E.2d 867. We reinstated respondent to the practice of law in Ohio in August 1996. Disciplinary Counsel v. Lawrence (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 1222, 668 N.E.2d 921.

{¶ 2} In August 1997, a client retained respondent to oversee the administration of an estate in probate court. Respondent forged the client’s name on the fiduciary’s final account for the estate and never provided a…