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TOLEDO BAR ASSN. v. HALES

No. 2008-0819.

120 Ohio St.3d 340 (2008)

2008-Ohio-6201

TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION v. HALES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Cherry, Bar Counsel; Gregory L. Arnold; and Spengler Nathanson, P.L.L., and James P. Silk Jr., for relator.

George Gernot III, for respondent.

Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We must decide in this case the appropriate sanction for a lawyer who (1) mishandled and consequently lost a client's case because of his inexperience, (2) failed to notify his insurance carrier of the client's legal-malpractice claim against him, prompting the insurer to deny coverage, and (3) declared bankruptcy, preventing his client from collecting on the legal-malpractice judgment that she obtained. Finding that...

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