Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Cone

Respondent waived oral argument. In his brief, he does not deny that he failed promptly to inform his clients of his receipt of the settlement drafts or that he endorsed them, or caused them to be endorsed, on behalf of his clients without their knowledge, and claims no authority for so doing.

His chief defense is that he retained his clients’ shares of the settlements at their specific request, and was to hold their funds until they notified him when and how they desired payment, and he so testified in the proceedings. The clients testified that they made no such request.

This being the state…