Dayton Bar Ass'n v. Stephan

{¶ 1} On December 6, 2004, relator, the Dayton Bar Association, filed a complaint against respondent, Wayne Stephan, Attorney Registration No. 0023577, charging him with Disciplinary Rule violations related to his representation of a client. Stephan failed to answer the complaint. Relator filed a motion for default judgment and recommended that Stephan be suspended from the practice of law for one year. Stephan did not respond to the motion for default judgment.

{¶ 2} A master commissioner appointed by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court granted the…