Erie-Huron County Bar Association v. Smith

{¶ 1} Respondent, Charles Ross Smith III, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Attorney Registration No. 0020187, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1978. In February 2015, relator, Erie-Huron County Bar Association, charged him with professional misconduct for, among other things, collecting retainers from clients but then failing to complete the work or to refund their money. Based on the parties’ stipulations and the evidence presented at a three-member-panel hearing of the Board of Professional Conduct, the board found that Smith engaged in most of the charged misconduct and recommends…