OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. WILLIS

No. 2001-2233.

96 Ohio St.3d 142 (2002)

2002-Ohio-3614

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. WILLIS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Coughlan, Disciplinary Counsel, and Lori J. Brown, First Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Steven Walker, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We must decide whether an attorney who permitted a disbarred attorney in his employ to act as if he were licensed during depositions, at a pretrial conference, and with clients should be disciplined for professional misconduct. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court recommended that respondent, James R. Willis of Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0032463, be publicly reprimanded for...

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