Case Name: Cuyahoga County Bar Association v. Muhlbach
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1999-09-08
Citations: 86 Ohio St. 3d 547
Docket Number: No. 99-808
Parties: Cuyahoga County Bar Association v. Muhlbach.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 86
Pages: 547–549

Head Matter:
Cuyahoga County Bar Association v. Muhlbach.
[Cite as Cuyahoga Cty. Bar Assn. v. Muhlbach (1999), 86 Ohio St.3d 547.]
(No. 99-808
Submitted June 9, 1999
Decided September 8, 1999.)
Nancy J. Fleming; Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley and Christopher M. Ernst; McCafferty & Perlman Co., L.P.A., and Robert Steely, for relator.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We adopt the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the board. Although neglect of legal matters and a failure to cooperate in the ensuing disciplinary investigation normally warrant an indefinite suspension, a one-year suspension is appropriate here given the isolated nature of the neglect, the lack of evidence of substantial damage to his client, and respondent's eventual cooperation with relator's investigation. See, e.g., Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Rollins (1999), 84 Ohio St.3d 408, 410, 704 N.E.2d 1210, 1211-1212. Respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for one year. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.