In re Report of the Commission on Continuing Legal Education

Summary

The Supreme Court of Ohio adopted the Commission on Continuing Legal Education's recommendations concerning attorneys and judges who failed to satisfy continuing legal education requirements for the 2000–2001 reporting period. The order imposed monetary sanctions, required compliance with the applicable CLE requirements, and directed that respondents be recorded as not in good standing until compliance.

Holdings

1. The court adopted the Commission's recommendation and imposed the listed sanction against the respondent for failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements.
2. The respondent must pay the imposed sanction within 30 days, remain recorded as not in good standing until compliance, and satisfy the continuing legal education requirements for the 2000-2001 reporting period.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should adopt the Commission on Continuing Legal Education's recommendations to sanction attorneys and judges who failed to comply with continuing legal education requirements for the 2000-2001 reporting period.
2. Whether the sanctioned respondent should be required to pay the imposed sanction and be recorded as not in good standing until compliance.

Disposition

approved