Case Name: Lorain County Bar Association v. Fernandez
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2000-05-24
Citations: 89 Ohio St. 3d 82
Docket Number: No. 99-2265
Parties: Lorain County Bar Association v. Fernandez.
Judges: Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 89
Pages: 82–86

Head Matter:
Lorain County Bar Association v. Fernandez.
[Cite as Lorain Cty. Bar Assn. v. Fernandez (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 82.]
(No. 99-2265
Submitted February 9, 2000
Decided May 24, 2000.)
Snoble, Snoble, Tonry & Innes and Gerald A. Innes, for relator.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We adopt the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the board. Absent mitigating circumstances, an indefinite suspension from the practice of law is an appropriate sanction when an attorney engages in a pattern of neglect involving multiple clients and refuses to cooperate in the ensuing disciplinary investigations. See Disciplinary Counsel v. Henderson (1999), 87 Ohio St.3d 219, 221, 718 N.E.2d 1277, 1279. No mitigating factors are evident that would warrant a lesser sanction for respondent's reprehensible conduct here. Respondent is hereby indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and Cook, J., dissent.