Trumbull County Bar Ass'n v. Rucker

{¶ 1} Respondent, Gilbert Robert Rucker III of Warren, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0034535, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1986. On April 16, 2012, relator, Trumbull County Bar Association, charged Rucker with professional misconduct in one client matter. Relator alleged that Rucker had neglected the client matter, failed to reasonably communicate with the client, failed to deposit the client’s funds in an interest-bearing client trust account, and charged the client a fee denominated as “nonrefundable” without also advising the client in writing that the client may be-…