Columbus Bar Ass'n v. Smith

{¶ 1} Respondent, Gloria Lynn Smith of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0061231, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1993. On November 14, 2013, relator, Columbus Bar Association, charged Smith with professional misconduct, alleging that she had failed to act with reasonable diligence in representing a client, failed to reasonably communicate with the client, and failed to take reasonable steps to protect the client’s interest upon her withdrawal from the representation. Smith and relator subsequently submitted joint stipulations of fact, violations, aggravating and…