American Express Travel Related Services Co. v. Mandilakis

Patricia Ann Blackmon, Judge.

The issue before us is whether American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. and First Data Corporation (“AMEX” and “First Data”), plaintiffs-appellants, have a cause of action against Thomas J. Scanlon, defendantappellee, a lawyer whose client, Michael A. Mandilakis, embezzled $2,613,574.35 from them. They assert generally that the Ohio Code of Professional Responsibility is relevant to a lawyer’s substandard conduct for purposes of civil liability; consequently, DR 7 — 102(B)(1) may be the basis for civil liability in this action. To support this…