Disciplinary Counsel v. Gold.

*107 {¶ 1} Respondent, John Walter Gold, of Hinckley, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0078414, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 2004.

{¶ 2} In a complaint certified to the Board of Professional Conduct on December 28, 2016, relator, disciplinary counsel, charged Gold with multiple violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. The charges arose from Gold's efforts to collect more than $51,000 in unclaimed funds on behalf of a client. The allegations in the complaint included that Gold misappropriated those funds in violation of an agreed court order requiring him to hold them in…