Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Crowley

Having reviewed the record, we concur in the board’s findings and its recommendation. Respondent engaged in a course of dishonesty toward her clients, the Appelhans family, beginning with neglect and a lie, and continuing with lengthy inaction and elaborate deception to cover the lie, that we find particularly distasteful and damaging to the legal profession. See, e.g., Disciplinary Counsel v. Fowerbaugh (1995), 74 Ohio St.3d 187, 658 N.E.2d 237; Toledo Bar Assn. v. Dzienny (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 173, 648 N.E.2d 499.

Therefore, we find it necessary to suspend respondent from the practice of…