Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. Thomas

On August 14, 2000, relator, Cincinnati Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent, Leslie F. Thomas of Cincinnati, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0064995, with violating the Code of Professional Responsibility when representing Carolyn Thomason. Respondent answered, and the matter was referred to a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court (“board”).

Based on stipulations and testimony at a hearing on January 19, 2001, the panel found that Carolyn Thomason retained respondent to represent her in a divorce proceeding. On July 28, 1999,…