
    Bar Association of Greater Cleveland v. Canales.
    [Cite as Bar Assn. v. Canales (1980), 62 Ohio St. 2d 207.]
    (D.D. No. 80-7
    Decided May 21, 1980.)
    
      
      Mr. Joseph W. Diemert, Jr., for relator.
   Per Curiam.

“One of the fundamental tenets of the professional responsibility of a lawyer is that he should maintain a degree of personal and professional integrity that meets the highest standard. The integrity of the profession can be maintained only if the conduct of the individual attorney is above reproach.***” Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Stein (1972), 29 Ohio St. 2d 77, 81.

Having reviewed the findings and recommendation of the board, it is found that respondent violated the above-cited provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility.

It is the judgment of this court that respondent be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law.

Judgment accordingly.

Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher and Holmes, JJ., concur.  