Disciplinary Counsel v. Lawrence

{¶ 1} Respondent, Meredith Lynn Lawrence of Warsaw, Kentucky, Attorney Registration No. 0029098, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1977. On July 27, 2015, relator, disciplinary counsel, charged Lawrence with professional misconduct arising from his federal conviction on three counts of filing false tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(1).

{¶ 2} In the complaint, relator alleged that after a two-week criminal trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, a jury found that Lawrence had knowingly underreported income from various businesses…