Disciplinary Counsel v. Brockler

{¶ 29} The preamble to the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, entitled “A Lawyer’s Responsibilities,” lays out broad obligations, recognizing that “a lawyer not only represents clients but has a special responsibility for the quality of justice” and that that responsibility extends “to practicing lawyers even when they are acting in a nonprofessional capacity.” Prof.Cond.R., Preamble [1], [3]. By imposing a marginal sanction — a fully stayed one-year suspension — on respondent, Aaron Brockler, the majority minimizes his significant ethical violations and does so based upon a myopic view of…