Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Harp

In 1994, Gary York hired respondent, Edward Harp of Georgetown, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0023236, to appeal a finding of the Industrial Commission disallowing his workers’ compensation claim. Respondent filed York’s appeal, but failed to file a response when the state moved to dismiss for lack of prosecution. As a result, York’s appeal was dismissed and respondent, after learning of the dismissal, took no action to attempt to set it aside.

Earlier, in 1993, Mickel and Debbie Long engaged respondent and paid him $250 to collect a judgment in Tennessee. Respondent took no action in the…