Cleveland Bar Ass'n v. Rus

{¶ 1} Respondent, Vladimir Michael Rus, of Lakewood, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0023776, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1981.

{¶ 2} On January 12, 2005, relator, Cleveland Bar Association, filed an amended complaint charging respondent with professional misconduct. A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline held a hearing and issued findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommended sanction, all of which the board adopted.

*468Misconduct

{¶ 3} In 1997, the water pipes in the Cleveland home of Rose A. Huffman burst while she was asleep. When Huffman awoke and…