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OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. TRUMBO

No. 96-522.

76 Ohio St.3d 369 (1996)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. TRUMBO.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Stern, Disciplinary Counsel, and Lori J. Brown, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

George L. Forbes, Scott H. Schooler, Dennis N. LoConti and George W. Trumbo, for respondent.

Per Curiam.

The purpose of disciplinary actions, Lord Mansfield wrote in 1778, "is not by way of punishment; but the Courts on such cases exercise their discretion, whether a man whom they have formerly admitted, is a proper person to be continued on the roll or not." Ex parte Brounsall (1778), 2 Cowp. 829, 830, 98 Eng.Rep. 1385. The guiding principle in this case, as in all our disciplinary proceedings, is the public interest and an attorney's right...

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