OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. CLIFTON

No. 96-2805.

79 Ohio St.3d 496 (1997)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. CLIFTON.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Warren Bettis, Interim Disciplinary Counsel, Lori J. Brown and Cynthia L. Roehl, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Gary R. Lewis, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

The respondent undertook the dual roles of guardian and attorney for the guardianship of both the person and the estate of an incompetent woman who it appears had no close relatives. As the record indicates, respondent failed miserably in the performance of his duties in both roles. Over a six-year period respondent wasted his ward's considerable estate through both negligence and design. Just as important, over those same six years, respondent...

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