COLUMBUS BAR ASSN. v. AM. FAMILY PREPAID LEGAL CORP.

No. 2005-0422.

123 Ohio St.3d 353 (2009)

2009-Ohio-5336

COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION v. AMERICAN FAMILY PREPAID LEGAL CORPORATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Joyce D. Edelman, Aaron M. Shank, and J.H. Huebert, for relator.

Reinheimer & Reinheimer, Andrew S. Bucher, and James L. Reinheimer, for respondents American Family Prepaid Legal Corporation, Heritage Marketing Insurance and Services, Inc., and Jeffrey Norman.

Eric Peterson, pro se.

Stephen Grote, pro se.

Alexander Scholp, pro se.

William F. Downs, pro se.

Moore & Scribner and Christopher J. Moore, for respondents Joseph Hamel and Timothy Holmes.

Tyack, Blackmore & Liston Co., L.P.A., and James P. Tyack, for respondent Adam Hyers.

Timothy Clouse, pro se.

Shumaker, Loop & McKendrick, L.L.P., and John N. MacKay; and Eugene P. Whetzel, Bar Counsel, for amicus curiae, Ohio State Bar Association.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} This case comes to us on three separate reports from the Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and our opinion is accordingly divided into three parts. Part One addresses contested findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations against two corporate and multiple individual respondents. Parts Two and Three approve consent decrees proposed by relator and...

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