Disciplinary Counsel v. Proctor

{¶ 1} Respondent, Philip Lucas Proctor of Newark, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0041956, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1989.

{¶ 2} In a complaint filed on August 17, 2009, relator, disciplinary counsel, alleged that Proctor had violated multiple provisions of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct and the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar in Ohio by making allegations of impropriety against his opposing counsel and the trial judge either while knowing the allegations to be false or with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity.

{¶ 3} The parties submitted…