DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. LAWRENCE

No. 2015-1640.

147 Ohio St.3d 315 (2016)

2016-Ohio-4605

DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. LAWRENCE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott J. Drexel , Disciplinary Counsel, and Karen H. Osmond , Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Helmer, Martins, Rice & Popham Co., L.P.A., and James B. Helmer Jr. , for respondent.

O'CONNOR, C.J., and O'DONNELL and KENNEDY, JJ., dissent and would remand the cause to the Board of Professional Conduct to reconsider the grant of credit for time served under the interim suspension.


{¶ 1} Respondent, Meredith Lynn Lawrence of Warsaw, Kentucky, Attorney Registration No. 0029098, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1977. On July 27, 2015, relator, disciplinary counsel, charged Lawrence with professional misconduct arising from his federal conviction on three counts of filing false tax returns...

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