Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Paris

{¶ 1} Respondent, Tasso Paris of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0038609, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1987.

{¶ 2} In a January 2015 complaint, relator, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, alleged that Paris violated multiple Rules of Professional Conduct by making unwelcome sexual advances toward a female client and failing to appear at her criminal-sentencing hearing.

{¶ 3} The parties entered into stipulations of fact, misconduct, and aggravating and mitigating factors and jointly recommended that Paris be suspended from the practice of law for six months,…