Bar Ass'n of Greater Cleveland v. Wilsman

The original panel recommended that respondent should be given a public reprimand. The full board recommended a one-year suspension. To exceed the penalties of both the panel and the board, through imposition of an indefinite suspension, is unduly harsh.

To properly evaluate the severity of the sanction being imposed today, it is necessary to review prior instances of conduct resulting in indefinite *7suspension. In Toledo Bar Assn. v. DeMars (1983), 6 Ohio St. 3d 12, respondent, an alcoholic, committed three discrete and separate disciplinary-breaches. Each incident involved misappropriation of…