Case Name: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Romaniw
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1998-10-28
Citations: 83 Ohio St. 3d 462
Docket Number: No. 98-384
Parties: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Romaniw.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 83
Pages: 462–464

Head Matter:
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Romaniw.
[Cite as Disciplinary Counsel v. Romaniw (1998), 83 Ohio St.3d 462.]
(No. 98-384
Submitted June 24, 1998
Decided October 28, 1998.)
Jonathan E. Coughlan, Disciplinary Counsel, and Lori J. Brown, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.
Michael Tuan Bustamante and Sonali Bustamante Wilson, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
As we said in Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Belock (1998), 82 Ohio St.3d 98, 100, 694 N.E.2d 897, 899, "The continuing public confidence in the judicial system and the bar requires that the strictest discipline be imposed in misappropriation cases." We find no mitigating circumstances here that would justify an exception to that principle. Respondent is hereby permanently disbarred from the practice of law in Ohio. Costs are taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.