Legal Opinion

Disciplinary Counsel v. Johnston

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 2009No. 2008-2447PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Per curiam

{¶ 1} Respondent, Wesley Alton Johnston of Wadsworth, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0061166, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1993. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we suspend respondent’s license to practice for one year, staying the suspension on remedial conditions, based on findings that he impermissibly commingled his personal and client funds by using his client trust account for operating expenses. We agree that respondent committed this professional misconduct as found by the board and that a one-year stayed suspension is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stark Cty. Bar Assn. v. ButtacavoliOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Disciplinary Counsel v. BroerenOhio Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Disciplinary Counsel v. FreemanOhio Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Disciplinary Counsel v. VogtsbergerOhio Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Disciplinary Counsel v. NewcomerOhio Supreme Court · 2008

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Disciplinary Counsel v. BrickerOhio Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Disciplinary Counsel v. RiekOhio Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Disciplinary Counsel v. VivyanOhio Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Disciplinary Counsel v. DockryOhio Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Disciplinary Counsel v. Adelstein (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2020

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