CINCINNATI BAR ASSN. v. ADJUSTMENT SERv. CORP.

Nos. 98-664, 98-666 and 99-1007.

89 Ohio St.3d 385 (2000)

CINCINNATI BAR ASSOCIATION v. ADJUSTMENT SERVICE CORPORATION, D.B.A. CINCINNATI CREDIT COUNSELING. CINCINNATI BAR ASSOCIATION v. FUQUA. CINCINNATI BAR ASSOCIATION v. CLAPP & AFFILIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Droder & Miller Co., L.P.A. and W. John Sellins; and Maria C. Palermo, for movant Cincinnati Bar Association in case Nos. 98-664 and 98-666.

Strauss & Troy and Steven F. Stuhlbarg, for movant Cincinnati Bar Association in case No. 99-1007.

Norman A. Murdock, for respondents Adjustment Service Corp. and Jerry D. Fuqua.

Robert D. Clapp, pro se; and Jim Rimedio, for respondent Clapp & Affiliates Financial Services, Inc.

Frederick L. Ransier, urging dismissal for amicus curiae, Board of Commissioners on the Unauthorized Practice of Law in case Nos. 98-664 and 98-666.


Per Curiam.

At the outset we note that the Board of Commissioners on the Unauthorized Practice of Law ("board") was created under the Rules for the Government of the Bar in furtherance of this court's constitutional power to regulate all matters relating to the practice of law. Section 2(B)(1)(g), Article IV, Ohio Constitution. By Gov.Bar R. VII, we delegated broad powers to the board to investigate entities alleged to have been engaged in the...

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