Disciplinary Counsel v. Bubna

{¶ 1} Respondent, Walter Peter Bubna of Parma, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0017928, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1980.

{¶ 2} The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we suspend respondent’s license to practice for one year, staying the last six months on conditions, based on findings that he (1) commingled his and clients’ funds in the same bank account, (2) failed to keep records of client funds in the account, and (3) sometimes overdrew the account, preventing him from paying sums to which a client was entitled. On review, we agree that…