Akron Bar Ass'n v. Goodlet

{¶ 1} Respondent, C. William Goodlet of Akron, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0029035, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1975. On June 9, 1982, this court suspended respondent’s license to practice for one year because he mishandled estate funds. See Akron Bar Assn. v. Goodlet (1982), 70 Ohio St.2d 140, 24 O.O.3d 243, 435 N.E.2d 1116. He was reinstated on June 10, 1983.

{¶ 2} This court again suspended respondent’s license on August 6, 2003. We ordered a one-year suspension, stayed on conditions, because respondent had dismissed two personal-injury claims without a client’s…