Case Name: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Pagac
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1995-06-28
Citations: 72 Ohio St. 3d 341
Docket Number: No. 94-2701
Parties: Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Pagac.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 72
Pages: 341–345

Head Matter:
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Pagac.
[Cite as Disciplinary Counsel v. Pagac (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 341.]
(No. 94-2701
Submitted March 7, 1995
Decided June 28, 1995.)
Geoffrey Stem, Disciplinary Counsel, and Harald F. Craig III, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Respondent moved to strike the board's recommendation as being the product of an "illegal discriminatory investigation and prosecution" instituted while he was "court adjudicated mentally incompetent and incapacitated." Respondent has not substantiated these allegations, and the record before us provides no medical evidence from which this conclusion can be drawn. Rather, we see only the report of a psychiatrist, to whom respondent was referred by relator in 1992, that describes respondent's prior drug and alcohol addictions as being "in remission" and concludes that "[h]e does not have any other mental illness, such as a depressive disorder or affective disorder, anxiety disorder, or psychosis." The motion to strike is, therefore, overruled.
Respondent's violations of the cited Disciplinary Rules, on the other hand, are amply supported by the evidence, and we share the board's anxiety over his attempts at intimidation. We, thus, completely agree with the recommendation to impose our harshest penalty for this misconduct. Respondent is hereby ordered permanently disbarred from the practice of law in Ohio. Costs taxed to respondent.
Judgment accordingly.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.
Wright, J., not participating.