Medina County Bar Ass'n v. Kerek

{¶ 1} Respondent, Wayne L. Kerek of Brunswick, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029211, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1983. On June 17, 2002, relator, Medina County Bar Association, charged respondent with professional misconduct. A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline considered the cause on the parties’ stipulations of misconduct and jointly proposed sanction.

{¶ 2} The parties stipulated to the following facts. Respondent had agreed to represent a client regarding a personal-injury claim for which the client believed the statute of limitations…