Legal Opinion

Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. Caliman

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided October 28, 1998No. 97-2676PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

We adopt the findings of the board. The evidence considered by the panel involved both respondent’s failure to pursue a legal matter and *462respondent’s misrepresentation of the status of that matter to his clients. We therefore adopt the conclusion of the board that respondent violated DR 1-102(A)(4) and 6-101(A)(3). In Disciplinary Counsel v. Fowerbaugh (1995), 74 Ohio St.3d 187, 191, 658 N.E.2d 237, 240, a case very similar to this, we held that “when an attorney engages in a course of conduct * * * that violates DR 1-102(A)(4), the attorney will be actually suspended from the practice of law…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. FowerbaughOhio Supreme Court · 1995

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Akron Bar Ass'n v. HofferOhio Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Akron Bar Assn. v. HofferOhio Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Cincinnati Bar Ass n. v. CalimanOhio Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Cincinnati Bar Ass'n. v. CalimanOhio Supreme Court · 1998

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