Toledo Bar Ass'n v. Vild

{¶ 1} Respondent, Jeffrey Thomas Vild, of Oregon, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029535, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1985. In 1998, we publicly reprimanded respondent for violating DR 6-101(A)(l) (prohibiting a lawyer from accepting a case that the lawyer is not competent to handle) and 6-101(A)(3) (barring a lawyer from neglecting an entrusted legal matter). Toledo Bar Assn. v. Vild (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 179, 702 N.E.2d 865.

{¶ 2} On May 27, 2004, relator, Toledo Bar Association, filed an amended complaint charging respondent with 12 counts of professional misconduct. Respondent was…