Disciplinary Counsel v. Bennett

{¶ 1} Respondent, Daniel Lee Bennett of Springfield, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0071965, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 2000. Relator, disciplinary counsel, has charged him with professional misconduct for, among other things, neglecting client matters, misusing his client trust account, and failing to cooperate in the ensuing disciplinary investigation. Based on the parties’ stipulations and Bennett’s testimony at a hearing before a three-member panel of the Board of Professional Conduct, the board found that he had engaged in some of the charged misconduct and…