Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Watson

{¶ 1} On February 21, 2002, relator, Disciplinary Counsel, charged respondent, Michael Troy Watson of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029023, in an amended complaint with various violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility and Gov.Bar R. V(4)(G). A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline heard the cause and made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law relative to the misconduct it determined respondent to have committed.

{¶ 2} In 1997, respondent agreed to help a client obtain crime victims’ reparations after the client had allegedly…