Case Name: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baker
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1992-12-14
Citations: 65 Ohio St. 3d 302
Docket Number: No. 92-1348
Parties: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baker.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes and Wright, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 65
Pages: 302–305

Head Matter:
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baker.
[Cite as Disciplinary Counsel v. Baker (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 302.]
(No. 92-1348 —
Submitted October 21, 1992 —
Decided December 14, 1992.)
J. Warren Bettis, Disciplinary Counsel, and Harald F. Craig III, for relator.
Gerald S. Gold and Robert A. Ranallo, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This court concurs with the board that respondent violated DR 1-102(A)(6). We also agree that respondent willfully failed to file his 1987 tax return and that our precedent in such cases requires a one-year suspension from the practice of law. Further, the testimony offered in mitigation is insufficient to warrant a lesser sanction, particularly when the record shows that respondent's disability ended with his return to work in 1987. According ly, we order that respondent be suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for a period of one year. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes and Wright, JJ., concur.
Douglas, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., separately dissent.