Disciplinary Counsel v. Riek

{¶ 1} Respondent, F. Benjamin Riek III of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0022703, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1978. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommends that we suspend respondent’s license to practice for 18 months, with 12 months of the suspension stayed upon the condition that he commit no further misconduct. We accept the board’s findings of professional misconduct and the recommendation of an 18-month, partially stayed, conditional suspension.

{¶ 2} Relator, Disciplinary Counsel, charged respondent in a two-count complaint…