Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Kathman (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 165 Ohio St. 3d 283
• 178 N.E.3d 484
• 2021 Ohio 2189

Syllabus

Attorneys—Misconduct—Multiple violations—Failure to supervise nonlawyer employee—Improper financial assistance to clients—Failure to properly maintain records for the Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (\IOLTA\)—Improper commingling of personal funds with client funds in the IOLTA—Improper use of the IOLTA—Failure to safeguard IOLTA funds and timely remedy unauthorized access to the IOLTA—One-year suspension with six months conditionally stayed—Condition on reinstatement—One-year of monitored probation upon reinstatement.