Case Name: Toledo Bar Association v. Hayes
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1999-04-07
Citations: 85 Ohio St. 3d 336
Docket Number: No. 98-2661
Parties: Toledo Bar Association v. Hayes.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 85
Pages: 336–338

Head Matter:
Toledo Bar Association v. Hayes.
[Cite as Toledo Bar Assn. v. Hayes (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 336.]
(No. 98-2661
Submitted February 10, 1999
Decided April 7, 1999.)
Williams, Jilek, Lafferty & Gallagher Co., L.P.A., and David M. Mohr; Nathan & Roberts and W. David Arnold, for relator.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We adopt the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the board. Respondent's pattern of neglecting entrusted legal matters coupled with his unwillingness to cooperate in related disciplinary investigations demonstrates his present unfitness to practice law and warrants an indefinite suspension from the practice of law. See Warren Cty. Bar Assn. v. Lieser (1997), 79 Ohio St.3d 488, 490, 683 N.E.2d 1148, 1149; Columbus Bar Assn. v. Emerson (1999), 84 Ohio St.3d 375, 378, 704 N.E.2d 238, 240. Respondent is hereby indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio. Further, because of his history of alcohol abuse, any readmission to the practice of law in Ohio is conditioned upon his entering into and complying with the conditions of a contract with the Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.