DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. ELUM

No. 2016-0848.

148 Ohio St.3d 606 (2016)

2016-Ohio-8256

DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. ELUM.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott J. Drexel , Disciplinary Counsel, and Audrey E. Varwig , Assistant Disciplinary Counsel; and Law Office of William A. Morse and Kevin L. Williams , for relator.

Montgomery, Rennie & Jonson, L.P.A., George D. Jonson , and Brian M. Spiess , for respondent.

LANZINGER, J., dissents and would suspend respondent for one year with six months stayed.


{¶ 1} Respondent, Judge Edward Joseph Elum of Massillon, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0010772, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in 1977. He has served as a Massillon Municipal Court judge since 1996. In October 2012, we found that he violated the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Rules of Professional Conduct...

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