Columbus Bar Association v. Okuley.
Ohio Supreme Court
1Per curiam
*124 {¶ 1} Respondent, John Joseph Okuley, of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0076748, was admitted to the practice of law in 2003.
{¶ 2} In April 2017, relator, Columbus Bar Association, charged Okuley with violating the professional-conduct rules for his behavior both during and after an incident involving his motor vehicle and a bicyclist. Specifically, relator charged Okuley with intentionally causing a collision with the bicyclist, provoking a physical altercation with an eyewitness to the collision, and misrepresenting the facts of the entire incident to law enforcement and during…
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