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OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. KING

No. 95-378.

74 Ohio St.3d 612 (1996)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. KING.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Sabol & Fisher and John A. Sabol, for respondent.

Per Curiam.

We concur with the board's findings that respondent violated DR 6-101(A)(3) and 1-102(A)(4). However, in view of respondent's deliberately false statements to his client, we find it appropriate to suspend respondent from the practice of law for a specific period. "Dishonesty toward a client, whose interests are the attorney's duty to protect, is reprehensible." Lake Cty. Bar Assn. v. Speros (1995), 73 Ohio St.3d 101<...

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