Case Name: Toledo Bar Association v. McGill
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1999-10-13
Citations: 87 Ohio St. 3d 128
Docket Number: No. 99-405
Parties: Toledo Bar Association v. McGill.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 87
Pages: 128–131

Head Matter:
Toledo Bar Association v. McGill.
[Cite as Toledo Bar Assn. v. McGill (1999), 87 Ohio St.3d 128.]
(No. 99-405
Submitted June 8, 1999
Decided October 13, 1999.)
Harold M. Steinberg and Guy Barone, for relator.
James D. Godbey, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We adopt the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the board. Respondent's ten-year delay in processing his client's claim against insurance companies which were ready to pay with proper releases clearly violates the Disciplinary Rules, as found by the board. We are not moved by respondent's problems with his law partner, which began four years after he undertook to represent his client, a period of time within which the matter should have been resolved. Respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months, with the final twelve months stayed, and respondent will be on probation during that period. Costs are taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Douglas, J., not participating.