State ex rel. Gains v. Maloney

{¶ 1} In four separate probate cases, respondent, Judge Timothy Maloney of the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division, found attorney *255Richard D. Goldberg1 guilty of criminal contempt for failing to account for or distribute wrongful-death settlement proceeds. Judge Maloney sentenced Goldberg to prison. On appeal, the court of appeals affirmed the judgments. In re Estate of Hunter, Mahoning App. No. 00 CA 107, 2003-Ohio-1435, 2003 WL 1473696, appeal not accepted, 99 Ohio St.3d 1467, 2003-Ohio-3669, 791 N.E.2d 983; In re Estate of Mercurio, Mahoning App. No. 00 CA 108,…