Case Name: Dayton Bar Association v. Stinchfield
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1981-03-31
Citations: 65 Ohio St. 2d 130
Docket Number: D.D. No. 80-19
Parties: Dayton Bar Association v. Stinchfield.
Judges: Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney and Locher, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 65
Pages: 130–132

Head Matter:
Dayton Bar Association v. Stinchfield.
[Cite as Dayton Bar Assn. v. Stinchfield (1981), 65 Ohio St. 2d 130.]
(D.D. No. 80-19
Decided March 31, 1981.)
Mr. Robert P. Bartlett, Jr., for relator.
Mr. Earl H. Moore, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There is ample evidence in the record to support the findings of the board of commissioners, and we concur in their recommendation.
"One of the fundamental tenets of the professional responsibility of a lawyer is that he should maintain a degree of personal and professional integrity that meets the highest standards. The integrity of the profession can be maintained only if the conduct of the individual attorney is above reproach." Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Stein (1972), 29 Ohio St. 2d 77, 81.
It is hereby ordered that respondent be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law.
Judgment accordingly.
Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney and Locher, JJ., concur.
Holmes and C. Brown, JJ., dissent.