Disciplinary Counsel v. Klaas
Citations
- 2001 Ohio 276
- 91 Ohio St. 3d 86
Syllabus
Attorneys at law—Misconduct—One-year suspension with six months of the suspension stayed with stayed part of suspension being a period of probation while working with a monitor—Secretly informing former client of upcoming drug raid—Engaging in illegal conduct involving moral turpitude—Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation–Engaging in conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice law.
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- imposing a one-year suspension, with six months stayed, on an attorney who alerted a former client to an imminent drug raid and who was subsequently convicted of attempted obstruction of justice
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