In re Report of the Commission on Continuing Legal Education

Summary

The Supreme Court of Ohio adopts the Commission on Continuing Legal Education’s recommendation concerning attorneys’ and judges’ noncompliance with continuing legal education requirements. The order imposes sanctions, suspends the listed attorneys from practicing law until reinstatement, and establishes related notification, compliance, and filing obligations.

Holdings

1. The court adopted the Commission on Continuing Legal Education's recommendation and imposed the recommended monetary sanction for the respondent's noncompliance during the 2000-2001 reporting period.
2. The respondent was immediately suspended from the practice of law until reinstated by order of the Supreme Court of Ohio, based on violation of Gov.Bar R. X for a third consecutive reporting period and continuous and ongoing noncompliance.
3. The respondent was prohibited from practicing law, required to surrender specified credentials and provide notices and client-related protections, and could not be reinstated until complying with Gov.Bar R. X(7), the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio, the court's orders, and a subsequent reinstatement order.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Supreme Court should adopt the Commission on Continuing Legal Education's recommendation of sanctions for the respondent's continuing-legal-education noncompliance.
2. Whether the respondent should be suspended from the practice of law and required to satisfy specified reinstatement, notice, client-protection, and continuing-education conditions.

Disposition

other