Case Name: Columbus Bar Association v. Nichols
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1991-08-28
Citations: 61 Ohio St. 3d 546
Docket Number: No. 90-1705
Parties: Columbus Bar Association v. Nichols.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Douglas, Wright, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 61
Pages: 546–549

Head Matter:
Columbus Bar Association v. Nichols.
[Cite as Columbus Bar Assn. v. Nichols (1991), 61 Ohio St.3d 546.]
(No. 90-1705
Submitted December 12, 1990
Decided August 28, 1991.)
Frank A. Ray Co., L.P.A., Frank A. Ray and Bruce A. Campbell, for relator.
Donald H. Rathbun, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In objections to the board's report, relator argues that the evidence substantiates disciplinary violations in addition to those found by the board. We disagree, and, therefore, hold that respondent violated DR 6-101(A)(3) in connection with Counts Two and Six as found by the board.
Relator also argues that these violations require a more severe sanction than the board recommended. We agree with relator on this point. Accordingly, we order that respondent be suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for a full year. However, this sanction will be suspended on the condition that respondent complete a two-year monitored probation period during which respondent shall not violate any provision of the Code of Professional Responsibility or the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Douglas, Wright, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., concur.