Opinion
10-10-2019
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
CONTINUING-LEGAL-EDUCATION MATTER
Gov.Bar R. X(3) requires all attorneys admitted to the practice of law in Ohio and each attorney registered for corporate status pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI to complete at least 24 hours of continuing legal education ("CLE"), including two and a half hours related to professional conduct, for each two-year compliance period. Gov.Bar R. X(4) requires attorneys whose last names begin with a letter from M through Z to complete the CLE requirements of Gov.Bar R. X on or before December 31 of each even-numbered year. Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A) provides that an attorney or judge who fails to comply timely with the applicable requirements of Gov.Bar R. X or Gov.Jud.R. IV but does so within 90 days of the December 31 deadline shall be assessed a late fee in accordance with CLE Reg. 503. Gov.Bar R. X(18)(B) provides that an attorney or judge who fails to comply with the applicable requirements of Gov.Bar R. X or Gov.Jud.R. IV shall be notified of noncompliance by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and that unless the attorney or judge comes into compliance or files evidence of compliance that is satisfactory to the commission on or before the date set forth in the notice, the commission shall issue an order imposing a sanction authorized by Gov.Bar R. X(17) and consistent with CLE Reg. 503.
On October 9, 2019, the commission sanctioned 194 attorneys for noncompliance with the provisions of Gov.Bar R. X.
The following attorneys were issued a monetary sanction for not completing the educational hours required by Gov.Bar R. X(3) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A). The sanction amount displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
Name Attorney Number County State Amount Lisa Marie Wells 0076255 Butler OH $150.00 Brian Matthew Wiggins 0089727 Clark OH $300.00 Karen Ann Marler 0007478 Clermont OH $300.00 Bartholomew Brian Sharkey 0073663 Clermont OH $225.00 Holly Marie Simpson 0078739 Clermont OH $150.00 Christopher Thomas Travis 0067699 Clermont OH $300.00 PattiJo Malnar 0058663 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Erin Elizabeth Marks 0078363 Cuyahoga OH $225.00 Keith Lowell McCormick 0053666 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 Robert Walker McIntyre 0006768 Cuyahoga OH $225.00 Ronald Leonard McLaughlin 0034336 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Brian David Mielcusny 0093747 Cuyahoga OH 8300.00 Kirt Anthony Montlack 0060116 Cuyahoga OH $150.00 Matthew Joseph Morelli 0063738 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Steven Michael Moss 0055997 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Martin James Murphy 0017528 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 John Thomas Paris 0029670 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Jorge Luis Pla 0071844 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 Mallika N. Reddy 0090549 Cuyahoga OH $225.00 Patrick George Riley 0069169 Cuyahoga OH $225.00 Robert Joseph Rotatori 0003346 Cuyahoga OH $150.00 Alan Miles Ruben 0002714 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Jessica Emily Rubin 0091052 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Richard Kevin Saunders II 0093846 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Antonio Joseph Scarlato 0073329 Cuyahoga OH $225.00 Eugene Irwin Selker 0015656 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 Rufus Sims 0039639 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Lawrence Gilbert Smith 0022864 Cuyahoga OH $225.00 David Alan Snow 0033686 Cuyahoga OH $150.00 Mark Michael Sturik 0000377 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 April Christina Thomas 0088683 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 John Richard Tullio Jr. 0079392 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Mark Martin Turner 0075516 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Gary Allen Vick Jr. 0071495 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Kerry Steven Volsky 0032026 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Gerald Robert Walton 0003914 Cuyahoga OH $150.00 Dean Clinton Williams 0079785 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 Robert Hoyt Williams 0024913 Cuyahoga OH $150.00 James Robert Willis 0032463 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Wendy Irene Wills 0030244 Cuyahoga OH $75.00 Clarke Andrew Wixon 0094043 Delaware OH $75.00 Beverly Sue Newell Hancock 0066771 Erie OH $75.00 Lurlia Anne Oglesby 0022572 Erie OH $150.00 Andrew Stanley Makoski 0088164 Fairfield OH $150.00 William Henry Macbeth III 0065678 Franklin OH $75.00 Jeffery Scott Maynard 0073629 Franklin OH $150.00 Trek Richard Micacchione 0090530 Franklin OH $150.00 Joseph Paul Okuley 0064936 Franklin OH $300.00 Ronald Elton Plymale 0033032 Franklin OH $75.00 Kevin Russell Schmidt 0086722 Franklin OH $75.00 Elizabeth Marie Sherowski 0066368 Franklin OH $75.00 Arland Thomas Stein 0007310 Franklin OH $75.00 Kathryn Stokes Anders 0084912 Franklin OH $150.00 Barbara Anne Terzian 0031435 Franklin OH $75.00 Hal David Thompson 0081314 Franklin OH $75.00 Mathew Joseph Voltolini 0040695 Franklin OH $225.00 Grant Alan Wolfe 0015309 Franklin OH $150.00 Fredrick Lawrence May 0079161 Geauga OH $75.00 William Thomas Nicholson 0029838 Guernsey OH $300.00 Ursula Mary McDonnell 0064448 Hamilton OH $150.00 Thomas Clarke Miller 0075960 Hamilton OH $300.00 Thomas Frederick Rehme 0010174 Hamilton OH $225.00 Jay Arthur Rosenberg 0022978 Hamilton OH $75.00 Stanley Lee Ruby 0008216 Hamilton OH $225.00 David Joseph Schmitt 0055550 Hamilton OH $300.00 Random Strom 0073099 Hamilton OH $225.00 Sarah Elizabeth Swisher 0061270 Hamilton OH $225.00 Brian Louis Titgemeyer 0093943 Hamilton OH $150.00 Joni Elizabeth Turner 0067179 Hamilton OH $300.00 Vance Victor VanDrake III 0079230 Hamilton OH $150.00 Kimberly Dawn Wright 0070787 Hamilton OH $150.00 Timothy Anderson Magee 0066023 Hancock OH $75.00 Jeffrey Clark Williams 0037817 Knox OH $75.00 Edele Passalacqua 0047092 Lake OH $75.00 Marc Ian Strauss 0036808 Lake OH $300.00 Jon Alan Trimboli 0042225 Lake OH $300.00 Edmund John Turk 0011299 Lake OH $150.00 Neil Rodney Wilson 0010095 Lake OH $300.00 John Ivor Peters 0033246 Licking OH $225.00 Margo Kaye Moore 0082874 Lorain OH $75.00 Tyler James Overlock 0092393 Lucas OH $150.00 Russell William Porritt II 0062612 Lucas OH $75.00 Brian Matthew Ramsey 0051648 Lucas OH $150.00 Gina Louise Strickland 0087302 Mahoning OH $75.00 C. Mark Morrison 0023579 Monroe OH $150.00 Peter Kevin Newman 0010468 Montgomery OH $75.00 Frank Michael Payson 0055165 Montgomery OH $225.00 Jeremy Malcolm McLendon 0075062 Muskingum OH $300.00 Nancy Ann Schilling 0041876 Preole OH $150.00 Maria Louise Spencer 0072762 Preble OH $150.00 James William Thomas 0011700 Preble OH $150.00 Laura Lynne Hornish 0072490 Shelby OH $225.00 Matthew Frederick Mottice 0082612 Shelby OH $75.00 Emmanuel Stefanos Makris 0091742 Stark OH $225.00 Bruce Eric Nelson 0097216 Stark OH $75.00 Laura Ann Darrow 0069718 Summit OH $75.00 Christopher John Moore 0065330 Summit OH $150.00 Joseph Charles Randazzo 0070550 Summit OH $225.00 Brian Alexander Reali 0069661 Summit OH $150.00 Kelle Delores Redepenning 0092760 Summit OH $75.00 F. Benjamin Riek III 0022703 Summit OH $75.00 Janice Holman Robinson 0032807 Summit OH $300.00 Mark Allen Stine 0090687 Union OH $225.00 Michael Robert Thomas 0011638 Warren OH $225.00 Barbara Ruth Wiethe 0025933 Warren OH $225.00 Anthony Joseph Touschner 0031177 Washington OH $75.00 Nicole Marie Winget 0085381 AE $300.00 Jennifer Marie Nageotte 0084232 CA $150.00 Pooja Virendra Patel 0093710 CA $75.00 Kim Rivera 0064026 CA $300.00 Mary Jane Stafford 0010742 CA $75.00 Jack Michael Merritts 0090344 CO $300.00 Rex Garrison Mason Jr. 0086679 FL $75.00 Tamara Lee Potter 0081606 FL $225.00 Joseph Harold Smith 0041412 FL $75.00 Joseph Edward Ujczo 0025273 FL $300.00 Andrew Michael Woods 0088312 FL $75.00 Charlie William Priest Jr. 0069311 GA $300.00 Rosa Pardo Wright 0055689 GA $75.00 Shivani Shailesh Bhatt 0082505 IL $75.00 William Alan McCormick 0066735 IL $150.00 Julanne Montville 0075335 IL $75.00 Jonathan Daniel Rosen 0072676 IL $75.00 John Kevin O'Connell 0011506 IN $75.00 Philip Sever 0065770 IN $75.00 Brian Michael White 0091405 IN $300.00 Barbara Anne Wyly 0064210 IN $300.00 Peter Canavan Newberry 0040165 KY $150.00 Shawn Robert Ryan 0042267 KY $150.00 Amy Louise Shirvanipour 0067789 KY $150.00 John Brent Threlkeld 0055735 KY $75.00 Michael Scott Williams 0080880 LA $300.00 Alan Mitchell Parra 0073504 MD $300.00 James Edward Yuhas 0064882 MD $150.00 Dwight Arthur Packard 0025226 ME $75.00 Rajaguru Narayanan Nalliah 0083093 MI $150.00 Eugenia Manning Schmidley 0014905 MN $300.00 John Nelson Rocray 0066416 MS $300.00 Michael Andrew Misocky 0070713 NC $75.00 Tyson Andrew Quail 0080250 NM $300.00 Shareef Salah Rabaa 0076867 NY $150.00 Mark Michael Woznicki 0087490 NY $150.00 Marian Patchen Cullen 0065734 PA $75.00 Bernard Lafayette Metz 0090359 PA $75.00 Mark Edward Moulton 0067916 PA $300.00 Brian Thornton Must 0064685 PA $75.00 Christopher Richard Opalinski 0084504 PA $225.00 Kenneth Allyn Sprang 0027600 PA $75.00 Patrice Kenisha Tisdale 0092437 PA $150.00 Bradley A. Walker 0091332 PA $300.00 Christopher Michael Meissner 0082465 TX $150.00 Brian David Schorr 0034394 TX $300.00 Sarah Elizabeth Smith 0086412 TX $150.00 James Roy Strawn 0090362 TX $75.00 John Howard Walker 0029671 TX $150.00 John Francis Wojton 0084751 TX $150.00 Lodema Boyeka M'Poko 0091275 VA $300.00 Marqueta Neal Tyson 0070136 VA $225.00 Daniel Howard Sanders 0052077 WI $150.00 Ira Andre Richardson III 0092691 WV $75.00
Name Attorney Number Country Amount Gregory Allen Smith 0038848 China $150.00 Yanping Wang 0073041 China $225.00
On October 9, 2019, the Commission on Continuing Legal Education issued orders imposing monetary sanctions and suspending 32 attorneys for noncompliance with the provisions of Gov.Bar R. X.
The following attorneys were sanctioned and suspended for not completing the educational hours required by Gov.Bar R. X(3) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A). The attorneys were also out of compliance with Gov.Bar R. X for the 2013/2014 and 2015/2016 compliance periods. The sanction amount as displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
Name Attorney Number County State Amount Mark Kenneth Mallett 0081515 Franklin OH $300.00 Ezell Hartman Underdown 0070000 Franklin OH $300.00 Robert Scott Ohly 0029837 Geauga OH $300.00 Paul Edwin Milliken 0009978 Stark OH $300.00 Maurice Phillip Neiman 0034188 Summit OH $300.00 Paul Dwaine Payne II 0029316 Summit OH $300.00 Debra Ann Spatz 0083356 Summit OH $225.00 ReShaundra Marie Suggs 0080993 FL $300.00 Scott Eugene Mulligan 0068763 VA $300.00 Richard Jay Welt 0017978 WA $300.00
The following attorneys were sanctioned and suspended for not completing the hours required by Gov.Bar R. X(3) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A).
The attorneys also have not paid prior commission-ordered sanctions issued for noncompliance in the 2015/2016 compliance period. The sanction amount as displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
Name Attorney Number County State Amount Bruce William Marks 0033222 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 Mary Patricia McKenna 0066109 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 John Neukom Titley 0088892 Cuyahoga OH $300.00 Ellen F. Anderson 0067921 Franklin OH $300.00 Todd Truitt Olsen 0086747 Franklin OH $150.00 Lewis Nathan Osterman III 0016184 Franklin OH $300.00 Paul James Wiseley 0011128 Geauga OH $300.00 Michael Theodore Young 0030887 Hamilton OH $300.00 John Richard Shaffer 0029056 Jefferson OH $300.00 Frieda Goldman Morgan 0019408 Lucas OH $300.00 Judith Lynn Messner Sturgill 0024287 Richland OH $300.00 Cynthia Lou Autumn Shama 0041978 Summit OH $300.00 Steve William Tater 0066736 Summit OH $300.00 Robert Steven Zeller 0013252 Summit OH $300.00 Kandis Wilde Suhar 0063930 Trumbull OH $300.00 Clifton John McFarland 0061313 CA $300.00 William Lewis O'Quinn 0019106 CO $300.00 Yong-Chang Tang 0082193 DC $300.00 Geoffrey Strong Silver 0071526 IN $300.00 Arianne Michelle Spaccarelli 0084312 MD $75.00 Gregory Lynn Moore 0033957 MI $300.00 Nora Jean Whitten 0074014 VA $300.00