Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. Bertsche

We adopt the findings of the board. Especially troubling to us, as it was to the bankruptcy court in Cincinnati, is respondent’s receipt of funds from Associates upon the refinancing of his clients’ real estate. As that court observed, respondent was either charging his clients fees for finding appropriate financing, in which case he failed to file the necessary fee applications with the bankruptcy court, or respondent was receiving finder’s fees from Associates for bringing clients to it, in which case respondent was representing Associates and was in a conflict-of-interest situation.

Even if…