Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. Berk

{¶ 1} Respondent, Robert Jerome Berk of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0001031, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1969. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that respondent’s license to practice law in Ohio should be suspended for one year, with the suspension stayed on specified conditions. We also place respondent on probation for two years.

{¶ 2} On June 12, 2006, relator, Cleveland Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent with professional misconduct. A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline held a hearing, considered the parties’…