Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. Chandler

We have reviewed the record in this case and concur in the board’s findings that respondent violated DR 1 — 102(A)(4), 6 — 101(A)(2) and (3), and 7-101(A)(2). However, the board’s recommendation that respondent be suspended for a period of two years from the practice of law, with eighteen months stayed, is inappropriate for misconduct of this severity. We, therefore, impose the recommended two-year suspension from the practice of law in Ohio, but we order that respondent serve a full year of that suspension period and thereafter be on one year of monitored probation. Respondent shall also…