Disciplinary Counsel v. Barbera

{¶ 1} Respondent, Richard Barbera, of Medina, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0064044, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1994. In 2015, relator, disciplinary counsel, charged Barbera with professional misconduct for mismanaging his client trust account and failing to cooperate in relator’s ensuing disciplinary investigation. Barbera stipulated to some of the allegations against him, and the matter proceeded to a hearing before a three-member panel of the Board of Professional Conduct. Upon consideration of the evidence, the board issued a report finding that Barbera had engaged…