OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BAKER

No. 92-1348.

65 Ohio St.3d 302 (1992)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BAKER.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Warren Bettis, Disciplinary Counsel, and Harald F. Craig III, for relator.

Gerald S. Gold and Robert A. Ranallo, for respondent.


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. Accordingly...

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