OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BROWN

No. 99-1572.

87 Ohio St.3d 316 (1999)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BROWN.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Coughlan, Disciplinary Counsel, and Kenneth R. Donchatz, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Bruce E. Brown, pro se.


COOK, J.

We adopt the findings and conclusions of the board, but we determine that disbarment is the appropriate sanction in this case. In Part I, we demonstrate that our decision to disbar respondent in this case comports with sanctions we have imposed in previous cases involving comparable ethical violations. In Part II, we support our determination with the methodology employed in the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions, which closely track...

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