
    [Cite as 0411012003 Case Announcements, 2003-Ohio-1816.]
    CASE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
    
      April 10, 2003
    
    MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS
    The Supreme Court of Ohio has issued orders imposing sanctions upon forty-three attorneys and judges for noncompliance with the provisions of Gov. Bar R. X and Gov. Jud. R. TV. The text of the entry imposing the sanction is reproduced below. This is followed by a list of the attorneys and judges who were sanctioned. The list includes each attorney’s or judge’s Attorney Registration Number; the county and state of residence and the county and state of the attorney’s or judge’s employer, as last registered with the Attorney Registration Section; and the amount of the sanction fee imposed by the Supreme Court.
    In re Report of the Commission on Continuing Legal Education.
    [Name of Attorney] (# [Attorney Registration No.]), Respondent.
   ORDER

This matter originated in this Court on the filing of a report by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education (the “Commission”) pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 6, Div. (A)(1)(b) and Div. (A)(2)(d). The Commission recommended the imposition of sanctions against certain attorneys and judges, including the above-named respondent, for failure to comply with the applicable continuing legal education provisions of Gov. Bar R. X and Gov. Jud. R. IV for the 2000-2001 reporting period.

The Commission’s report recommended imposition of a sanction against the respondent in the total amount of $[ ] for noncompliance in the 2000-2001 reporting period. Furthermore, the Commission’s report recommended that the respondent be suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 5, Div. (A)(4), for failure to pay a previous court ordered sanction for noncompliance in a previous reporting period in addition to noncompliance in the 2000-2001 reporting period. On November 6, 2002, this Court issued to the respondent an order to show cause why the Commission’s recommendation should not be adopted and an order so entered against the respondent. Respondent filed no objections to the Commission’s recommendation and this cause was considered by the Court. Upon consideration thereof,

IT IS ORDERED by the Court that the recommendation of the Commission is adopted and respondent, [Name of Attorney], is immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, See. 6, Div. (B)(3), and Gov. Bar R. X, See. 5, Div. (A)(4), until respondent is reinstated by order of this Court pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, See. 7.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, within 30 days of the date of this order, respondent shall pay to the Commission on Continuing Legal Education, by certified cheek, bank check or money order, a sanction fee which is hereby imposed in the total amount of $[ ].

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, payment of the sanction fee notwithstanding, respondent shall comply with the requirements imposed by Gov. Bar R. X for the 2000-2001 reporting period. See CLE Reg. 503.4.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent immediately cease and desist from the practice of law in any form and is hereby forbidden to appear on behalf of another before any court, judge, commission, board, administrative agency or other public authority.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent is hereby forbidden to counsel or advise or prepare legal documents for others or in any manner perform such services.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent is hereby divested of each, any and all of the rights, privileges and prerogatives customarily accorded to a member in good standing of the legal profession of Ohio.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent surrender forthwith respondent’s certificate of admission to practice law and attorney registration card to the Clerk of this Court on or before 30 days from the date of this order, and that respondent’s name be stricken from the roll of attorneys maintained by this Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 3 (G), respondent shall complete one credit hour of continuing legal education for each month, or portion of a month, of the suspension. As part of the total credit hours of continuing legal education required by Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 3 (G), respondent shall complete one credit hour of instruction related to professional conduct required by Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 3 (A) (1), for each six months, or portion of six months, of the suspension.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall not be reinstated to the practice of law in Ohio until (1) respondent complies with the requirements for reinstatement set forth in Gov. Bar R. X, See. 7; (2) respondent complies with the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio; (3) respondent complies with this and all other orders of the Court; and (4) this Court orders respondent reinstated.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, within 30 days of the date of this order, respondent shall:

1. Notify all clients being represented in pending matters and any co-counsel of respondent’s suspension and consequent disqualification to act as an attorney after the effective date of this order and, in the absence of co-counsel, also notify the clients to seek legal service elsewhere, calling attention to any urgency in seeking the substitution of another attorney in respondent’s place;

2. Regardless of any fees or expenses due respondent, deliver to all clients being represented in pending matters any papers or other property pertaining to the client, or notify the clients or co-counsel, if any, of a suitable time and place where the papers or other property may be obtained, calling attention to any urgency for obtaining such papers or other property;

3. Refund any part of any fees or expenses paid in advance that are unearned or not paid, and account for any trust money or property in the possession or control of respondent;

4. Notify opposing counsel in pending litigation or, in the absence of counsel, the adverse parties, of respondent’s disqualification after the effective date of this order, and file a notice of disqualification of respondent with the court or agency before which the litigation is pending for inclusion in the respective file or files;

5. Send all notices required by this order by certified mail with a return address where communications may thereafter be directed to respondent;

6. File with the Clerk of this Court and the Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court an affidavit showing compliance with this order, showing proof of service of notices required herein, and setting forth the address where the affiant may receive communications; and

7. Retain and maintain a record of the various steps taken by respondent pursuant to this order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall keep the Clerk of this Court and the Disciplinary Counsel advised of any change of address where respondent may receive communications.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, sua sponte, that all documents filed with this Court in this case shall meet the filing requirements set forth in the Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, including requirements as to form, number, and timeliness of filings.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the Court that the Clerk shall send this order by certified mail to the respondent at the business address registered with the Attorney Registration Section under Gov. Bar R. VI; that, if this order is returned as undeliverable or unclaimed, the Clerk shall resend it by regular mail to the respondent at the residence address registered with the Attorney Registration Section; and that service of this order in accordance with the foregoing shall be deemed effective service.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 6, Div. (H), the Clerk of this Court send certified copies of this order to those persons or organizations named in Gov. Bar R. V, Sec. 8, Div. (D)(1), and that publication be made as required under Gov. Bar R. X, Sec. 6, Div. (H).

Registration Attorney Name Number Residence Residence County State Employer County Employer State Sanction Amount

Mary Majella Biagioli 0018825 MO $750.00

Gerald Polster Goulder 0042914 NC $750.00

Kent Brian Cicerchi 0037350 Cuyahoga OH $750.00

Walter Clarence Danison Jr. 0037875 Cuyahoga OH $750.00

Theresa Helen Eady 0040776 Cuyahoga OH $750.00

Dee Marie Driscole 0062964 Cuyahoga OH $750.00

Richard John Ellis Jr. 0059060 Erie OH $750.00

Keith Richard Porfía 0032386 Summit OH $600.00

Judith Ann Berman 0040297 AZ AZ $680.00

Robert Hitz Burton 0059681 MA CT $750.00

David Rohrer Fuller 0026817 MD DC $590.00

Francis Bayley 0019453 FL FL $600.00

Matthew Robert Hartley 0068886 DC GA $750.00

Barbara Foster Condit 0040256 IL IL $750.00

Kristina Brigette Goodman 0067824 IL IL $750.00

James Allen Gallagher Jr. 0041918 IN IN $750.00

Richard Edward Holmes 0038752 MI MI $750.00

Karen Swedan 0062038 MI MI

Paul Michael 0064202 MI MI $750.00

Robert Richard Hanneman, Jr. 0068712 NJ NJ $750.00

David W. Fassett 0029221 NV NV $750.00

James Burl DeWeese 0025575 VA NY $600.00

Edward Atkins 0037190 PA PA $100.00

Catherine Lynne Dawson 0067098 TX TX $750.00

Joseph Jeffrey Church 0006961 Cuyahoga OH Cuyahoga OH $650.00

Christopher Gerard Flowers 0018378 Cuyahoga OH Cuyahoga OH $590.00

Margaret Ann Kennedy 0033153 Cuyahoga OH Cuyahoga OH $55.00

John Robert Evers 0065724 Cuyahoga OH Cuyahoga OH $750.00

Richard Arlen Cathey 0017854 VA Erie OH $750.00

Robert Owen Fiye 0062991 Franklin OH Franklin OH $250.00

John Walter Burton 0066181 Franklin OH Franklin OH $750.00

Zelimira June Schulte 0067019 Franklin OH Franklin OH $750.00

Vincent J. LoNigro 0070318 Franklin OH Franklin OH $750.00

Roger Reed Chacksfield 0002925 Hamilton OH Hamilton OH $270.00

Susan Wainscott Kamp 0037242 Hamilton OH Hamilton OH $750.00

Matthew Paul Kammerer 0055438 Hamilton OH Hamilton OH $490.00

James Darren Harris 0066049 Hamilton OH Hamilton OH $750.00

Suzan Wendy Glueck 0064718 Cuyahoga OH Lake OH $750.00

James William Knisley 0012529 Montgomery OH Montgomery OH $750.00

Eric Eisenhower Line 0063187 Preble OH Preble OH $750.00

Deborah Lynn Bobinets 0065166 Summit OH Summit OH $750.00

Michael William Kirkendall 0014599 Van Wert OH Van Wert OH $750.00

Hans Christopher Geho 0040636 Cuyahoga OH Wayne OH $750.00  