Medina County Bar Ass'n v. Carlson

{¶ 1} Respondent, Christopher Thomas Carlson of Medina, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0062450, was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1993. On June 17, 2002, relator, Medina County Bar Association, filed a complaint charging respondent with professional misconduct, including violations of DR 5-103(A) (acquiring an improper proprietary interest in the subject matter of the litigation that the attorney is conducting for a client) and 5-104(A) (improperly entering into a business transaction with a client). A panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline heard the cause and made…