Case Name: Cleveland Bar Association et al. v. Sterling
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1994-03-30
Citations: 68 Ohio St. 3d 528
Docket Number: No. 93-2561
Parties: Cleveland Bar Association et al. v. Sterling.
Judges: A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 68
Pages: 528–531

Head Matter:
Cleveland Bar Association et al. v. Sterling.
[Cite as Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Sterling (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 528.]
(No. 93-2561
Submitted January 26, 1994
Decided March 30, 1994.)
James T. Flaherty, Michael C. Hennenberg, Scott Rawlings and Thomas Escovar, for relators.
Darryl E. Pittman, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We concur in the board's findings and recommendation as modified. Accordingly, we suspend respondent from the practice of law for two years; however, the final eighteen months of that suspension are stayed and respondent is to be placed on monitored probation under the following conditions effective during suspension and probation: that respondent enter into counseling programs for his alcohol dependence and emotional problems with an agency or agencies acceptable to relators; that he attend such counseling programs on a regular basis, with compliance to be verified by relators; and that he make complete restitution to his clients during the first twelve months of the eighteen-month probationary period. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.