Disciplinary Counsel v. Smith.

*337 {¶ 1} Respondent, Scott Clifford Smith of Pepper Pike, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0039828, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1988. In August 2011, relator, disciplinary counsel, charged Smith with multiple violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility, arising from his alleged use of unethical billing practices and charging of excessive fees in five separate cases involving three clients who operated nursing homes in Ohio.

{¶ 2} The Board of Professional Conduct found that Smith engaged in the charged…