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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Butler County Bar Association v. Derivan.
    [Cite as Butler Cty. Bar Assn. v. Derivan (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 300.]
    (No. 97-2259
    Submitted January 14, 1998
    Decided April 1, 1998.)
    
      
      Michael T. Gmoser and Gregory K. Pratt, for relator.
    
      Frank J. Schiavone, for respondent.
   Per Curiam.

We have reviewed the record and adopt the findings and conclusions of the board. However, we believe a more severe sanction is warranted. This case involves more than respondent’s negligence in failing to file a case within the appropriate statute of limitations. Respondent deliberately manufactured a document to exonerate himself and presented it as genuine in a formal disciplinary proceeding. Respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for six months. Costs taxed to respondent.

Judgment accordingly.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.