Cuyahoga County Bar Ass'n v. Johnson

{¶ 16} I respectfully dissent from the majority decision in regard to the sanction imposed on respondent. In the course of representing an elderly client, respondent failed to inform the client of her lack of malpractice insurance, did not keep her client fully informed about the case, repeatedly failed to take proper steps to advance her client’s interests, and ignored important deadlines, which caused the client to suffer an adverse judgment.

{¶ 17} The fact that respondent had a busy professional workload and various issues in her personal life during this same time is entitled to minuscule…