Legal Opinion

Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Sheehy

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 1995No. 95-757PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

We agree with the board’s finding of misconduct, and, because respondent did not take advantage of Thomas’s mental or physical condition or act dishonestly in the management of her affairs, we also agree with its recommended sanction. Cf. Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Clark (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 145, 642 N.E.2d 611 (attorney’s license suspended for two years, with one year suspended, for drafting vulnerable client’s will to benefit himself or his family; for distributing funds in the client’s personal or trust accounts as “gifts” or “loans” to himself, his sons and his law firm; and for losing the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mahoning County Bar Ass'n v. TheofilosOhio Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. SlavensOhio Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. ClarkOhio Supreme Court · 1994

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Toledo Bar Assn. v. CookOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Toledo Bar Ass'n v. CookOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Toledo Bar Assn. v. SheehyOhio Supreme Court · 1995

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