Disciplinary Counsel v. O'Neill

{¶ 1} Respondent, Deborah P. O’Neill of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0007128, a judge of the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County, was admitted to the practice of law in 1980. In a complaint filed on June 17, 2002, amended on November 19, 2002, relator, Disciplinary Counsel, charged respondent with six counts of misconduct involving numerous violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility and the Code of Judicial Conduct.

{¶ 2} Relator’s allegations implicated incidents from 1997 through 2002. Count I of the complaint charged that during this period, respondent had…