Cincinnati Bar Ass'n v. Bowman

In his objections, brief and oral argument before this court, respondent has argued steadfastly that the record does not show acts meriting the punishment he thinks the board has recommended for him. The aims of lawyer discipline are, first and foremost, protection of the public, and secondarily, but not unimportantly as this case shows, protection of the legal profession. The fact that respondent may be penalized by this court’s administration of discipline in his case is incidental to the protection of the legal profession and the public.

This court may take judicial notice of the fact that…