Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. Morrison

{¶ 1} In June 1999, Michael T. Vietti hired respondent, Harvey S. Morrison of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0015230, and paid him a $1,000 “suit fee” plus court costs of $100 to file suit against Angelo Benedetti, Inc. for sales commissions that Vietti claims he earned but was not paid while working for *53Benedetti. Respondent was also to receive one-third of any recovery by Vietti after expenses and credit for the “suit fee.”

{¶ 2} Respondent filed suit on behalf of Vietti in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. When the defendant in the suit sent interrogatories to respondent,…