Opinion
10-15-2020
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
CONTINUING-LEGAL-EDUCATION MATTERS
Gov.Bar R. X(3) and Gov.Jud.R. IV requires all attorneys and judges 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 and judges whose last names begin with a letter from A through L to complete the CLE requirements of Gov.Bar R. X on or before December 31 of each odd-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. By notice dated March 24, 2020, the Commission on Continuing Legal Education extended the 90-day deadline to 180 days due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The commission further waived the self-study cap for the 2018/2019 CLE late compliance period of January 1, 2020, through June 29, 2020, allowing attorneys to come into compliance through the use of approved self-study programs.
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 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 14, 2020, the commission sanctioned 298 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
John Hollis Fisher 0002851 Allen OH $225.00
John Patrick Concannon 0024131 Brown OH $75.00
Larry Wendall Keller 0003670 Butler OH $300.00
Amy L. Fogelman 0076629 Clermont OH $75.00
James Russell Garvin 0065128 Clermont OH $75.00
Richard Lawrence Federle Jr. 0061581 Clinton OH $75.00
Marian Delores Davidson 0067159 Columbiana OH $75.00
Carolyn Watts Allen 0033990 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Gregory Paul Amend 0081247 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
George John Asimou 0080060 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Robert Jerome Berk 0001031 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
James Edward Betts 0010960 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Maria Boccardi 0063791 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
David James Carney 0042599 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
John Harold Carson Jr. 0011621 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Jillian Elizabeth Charles 0092907 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Benjamin Thomas Chinni 0025356 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Leonard Davis 0010552 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Giovanni Frank Di Censo 0067204 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Alan Sanford Doris 0014321 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
Leah Zelaski Dugan 0093010 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Pete Christopher Elliott 0002235 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
Donald Bryan Ferfolia Jr. 0082049 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Anne Owings Ford 0043717 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Steven Alan Freedman 0025528 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
James Sean Gallagher 0092581 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
James Richard Gallagher 0027091 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Jennifer Hays Gorman 0042610 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Lillian Jones Greene 0024400 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
William Thomas Guarnieri 0005038 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Timothy Paul Haffey 0041438 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Katherine M. Haka 0044024 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
Ronald Joseph Harpst 0010750 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
David Gilbert Heiman 0038271 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Michael James Herrick 0084414 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
Yearachmiel Eric Holtz 0084326 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Michael Robert Houston 0070203 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
Carol Croyle Jackson 0037707 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Kevin Charles Johnson 0017747 Cuyahoga OH $225.00
John Colonel Kealy 0031331 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Una Harris Keenon 0018504 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Nicholas Martin Knevel 0093340 Cuyahoga OH $75.00
Stephen Paul Kolozvary 0003193 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Joseph Ralph Lopez 0088913 Cuyahoga OH $150.00
Eric Lawrence Broxterman 0075509 Delaware OH $75.00
Sean Patrick Costello 0068612 Delaware OH $300.00
Yvette Ackison Cox 0013096 Delaware OH $300.00
Henry Louis Fein 0036915 Delaware OH $75.00
Cory David Hoffman 0088771 Delaware OH $300.00
Annette Michele McMurry 0080140 Delaware OH $75.00
Keith Closs Brewster III 0078806 Fairfield OH $75.00
Bryce Weston Burton 0088721 Fairfield OH $150.00
Randy Lee Happeney 0029488 Fairfield OH $75.00
Paul Michael Branson 0073453 Franklin OH $225.00
Thomas Jay Brown Jr. 0012209 Franklin OH $225.00
Melinda Dianne Carter 0042590 Franklin OH $300.00
Daniel Robert Caruso 0064980 Franklin OH $300.00
Richard Francis Chambers II 0081139 Franklin OH $225.00
Julianna Ravelle Clark 0092252 Franklin OH $225.00
Jeremy Daniel Davitz 0085052 Franklin OH $75.00
Steven Thomas Druckenmiller 0089651 Franklin OH $75.00
Donald Lawrence Feinstein 0029152 Franklin OH $75.00
Lauren Ashley Ford 0096057 Franklin OH $150.00
Sheeba Samuel George 0091472 Franklin OH $300.00
Sean M. Gouhin 0062833 Franklin OH $300.00
Vanessa Renee Gouhin 0069836 Franklin OH $300.00
Lewis Kenneth Hanson III 0064978 Franklin OH $300.00
Aimee Danielle Harper 0089071 Franklin OH $150.00
William Mayne Hayden 0004942 Franklin OH $300.00
Jeremy Wayne Hoshor-Johnson 0075502 Franklin OH $225.00
Adam Richard Huffman 0093500 Franklin OH $75.00
Kelli Nicole Hughes 0088518 Franklin OH $150.00
John Marvin Hyre III 0068922 Franklin OH $225.00
Romin Iqbal 0080146 Franklin OH $225.00
W. Mark Jump 0062837 Franklin OH $75.00
Anthony Robin Kidd 0016529 Franklin OH $300.00
George Harold Lowrey 0096543 Franklin OH $300.00
Jennifer Breech Rhoads 0070049 Franklin OH $75.00
William Ned Eachus 0004997 Gallia OH $150.00
Karen Lynn Hummel 0088982 Geauga OH $150.00
Caleb Brown Jr. 0020678 Hamilton OH $300.00
Carol Smith Friel 0008769 Hamilton OH $300.00
Brennan Clay Grayson 0084360 Hamilton OH $75.00
Kathryn Suzanne Harris 0085746 Hamilton OH $75.00
Nancy Coe Helwig 0032327 Hamilton OH $300.00
Walter Gregory Henley 0047263 Hamilton OH $150.00
Richard Wellington Holmes Jr. 0072672 Hamilton OH $300.00
Andrea Costa Laden 0090162 Hamilton OH $75.00
Rock Christopher Lee 0081734 Hamilton OH $300.00
Barry Robert Levy 0041371 Hamilton OH $150.00
Nancy Hampton Ludwig 0077952 Hamilton OH $300.00
Carol Ann Curren 0075316 Highland OH $75.00
Gregory Richard Chemnitz 0012085 Lake OH $75.00
Jay Frederick Crook 0078499 Lake OH $75.00
Nicholas Americo D'Angelo 0038892 Lake OH $225.00
David Edwin Koerner 0030711 Lake OH $75.00
Scott Harold Ballou 0025669 Lorain OH $75.00
Thomas Gerard Eschweiler 0067780 Lorain OH $75.00
Frank Charles Giamboi II 0033890 Lorain OH $300.00
Balrina Riku Ahluwalia 0090391 Lucas OH $300.00
Abbes Rafic Awada 0087935 Lucas OH $225.00
Gordon Richard Barry 0010883 Lucas OH $300.00
James Andrew Bingle 0089489 Lucas OH $75.00
Francis Charles Collins 0038041 Lucas OH $225.00
RaShya Monique Cunningham 0093140 Lucas OH $150.00
John David Franklin 0055359 Lucas OH $150.00
Richard Abbott Hamilton 0007757 Lucas OH $150.00
Elizabeth Kennedy-Feniger 0076932 Lucas OH $225.00
Richard Warren Koehn 0014103 Lucas OH $150.00
Robyn R. Gallitto 0073560 Mahoning OH $75.00
Michael Lane Gollings 0066700 Mahoning OH $225.00
Autumn Basil 0065790 Medina OH $75.00
Christopher Brady Coulles 0089783 Montgomery OH $225.00
Patrick Anthony Flanagan 0017658 Montgomery OH $75.00
Cynthia Ann Karns 0062462 Montgomery OH $300.00
Charles Young Kidwell Jr. 0029994 Montgomery OH $75.00
Terry Lee Lewis 0010324 Montgomery OH $75.00
Michael Richard Bassett 0079591 Ottawa OH $300.00
Bruce Russell Dailey 0075818 Pike OH $150.00
Benito C. Antognoli 0030683 Portage OH $75.00
Errol Anthony Can 0058590 Portage OH $300.00
Richard Dean Kennedy 0040199 Ross OH $150.00
Catherine Susan Heid 0020028 Scioto OH $150.00
Richard Michael Chapis 0006230 Stark OH $150.00
Christopher Richard Hunt 0081155 Stark OH $75.00
Theodore Alexander Amata 0065658 Summit OH $75.00
Richard William Bieman 0033217 Summit OH $75.00
Kathleen Karen Bowen 0070176 Summit OH $225.00
Daniel Clifford Buser 0040743 Summit OH $225.00
Kelly Anne Carmen 0091569 Summit OH $75.00
Isiah Daniels III 0027588 Summit OH $300.00
Paul James Deegan 0085451 Summit OH $150.00
Gary Michael DiCeglio 0059065 Summit OH $300.00
Michelle Marie Drago 0070950 Summit OH $75.00
Charles Roe Ennis 0031676 Summit OH $150.00
John Beardsley Ertle Jr. 0038866 Summit OH $75.00
Ronald Thomas Gatts 0069626 Summit OH $150.00
Michael Joseph Goebl 0080489 Summit OH $75.00
Kent Morris Graham 0010096 Summit OH $225.00
Paul Michael Kelley 0088148 Summit OH $300.00
Christopher Lonnie Krafchek 0093218 Summit OH $75.00
William John Krueger 0061359 Summit OH $75.00
David Walter Lehman 0066175 Summit OH $150.00
Bradley Andrew Lohan 0076105 Summit OH $150.00
James Patrick Lucas 0078828 Summit OH $300.00
John Michael Buchenic 0093067 Trumbull OH $150.00
Thomas Woodrow Hardin 0012770 Tuscarawas OH $150.00
Frederick Bruce Johnson 0003093 Union OH $150.00
Jeffrey Karl Lucas 0074504 Union OH $75.00
David Charles Ahlstrom 0085784 Warren OH $300.00
Rebecca H. Appenzeller 0042493 Warren OH $300.00
Brian Joseph Hoffman 0087995 Wayne OH $75.00
Thomas Gene French 0076643 Wood OH $300.00
James Scott Hicks 0032036 Wood OH $150.00
Wendy C. Johnson 0067405 Wood OH $150.00
Lawrence Philip Hosey 0041609 AR $75.00
Alfred Ray English 0060028 AZ $300.00
Monica Susan Arrowsmith 0063964 CA $300.00
Rachelle DiStefano 0018013 CA $225.00
Mathew Kidman Higbee 0094107 CA $75.00
Erin Margaret Kansy 0090982 CA $300.00
Rhonda L. Caudill 0063257 CO $300.00
George Anthony Dietrich 0014356 CO $300.00
David Robert Gillespie 0079424 CO $300.00
Adam Martin Clark 0096118 DC $150.00
Thomas Orlo Gorman 0030081 DC $75.00
Yazen Osama Alami 0086371 FL $300.00
Vicki Lee Doster 0055693 FL $300.00
Jerome Francis Hagan 0032550 FL $300.00
Richard Frederick Kane 0022034 FL $150.00
Robert Charles Long 0086128 FL $75.00
Henry Alan Bailey Jr. 0093919 GA $150.00
Simone Marie Denny 0071558 GA $75.00
Michael Alan Holcomb 0098308 GA $150.00
Kuniki Compton Lockett 0078861 GA $150.00
Christopher Sims Davis 0011166 IL $225.00
Timothy William Hoffmann 0076978 IL $75.00
Mohammad Slaimon Ayoubi 0089133 IN $150.00
Elizabeth Marie Brown 0021418 IN $150.00
James Richard Hurt 0095935 IN $300.00
Matthew Joseph Kleemann 0077303 IN $75.00
Ashley Caroline Barlow 0080979 KY $75.00
Denise Mullen Everett 0075549 KY $300.00
Christopher Allen Griffin 0076991 KY $75.00
William Carter Hambley 0033439 KY $300.00
Gregory Thomas Hughes 0027865 KY $150.00
Stephen Green Coleman 0001323 LA $300.00
Kevin Thomas Connor 0042442 MA $75.00
Kathryn Isabel Dominguez 0072974 MA $300.00
Daniel Johnson Hendy 0078178 MA $300.00
Stephen Conrad Bappert 0083410 MI $300.00
Richard Gerard Convertino 0041494 MI $300.00
Alyssa Chrisden Dechow 0092466 MI $75.00
Gerald Eugene Henn II 0091629 MI $300.00
Courtney Lauren Lee 0079211 NC $150.00
Terrence Gregory Linnert 0008247 NC $300.00
Douglas Peter Desjardins 0061899 NH $75.00
Hanan Benjamin Kolko 0033071 NJ $300.00
Gary Alan Jones 0037777 NM $300.00
Sean Alexander Cooke 0088999 NV $300.00
Donald Francis Frei 0002190 NV $150.00
Rebecca Ann Smith 0086240 NV $225.00
Jeffrey Franklin DeVoesick 0070327 NY $225.00
Beth Ellen Hansen 0073467 SC $150.00
Theodore Martin Grossman 0037591 NY $150.00
Justin John Jennewine 0095751 NY $75.00
Adam Grant Anderson 0078750 PA $150.00
Christopher J. Azzara 0092877 PA $75.00
James F. Bauerle 0071788 PA $150.00
Todd Berkey 0070346 PA $150.00
Cara Catherine Davis 0090336 PA $300.00
James Richard Fenchel II 0098278 PA $75.00
Mark Jerome Hanna 0065688 PA $150.00
Jeffrey Revell Lalama 0077550 PA $150.00
John Robert Austin 0082606 TN $300.00
Wilbert Byrd 0011315 TX $300.00
Judith Marie Docherty 0036728 TX $225.00
Wesley Stephen Hameline 0089988 TX $75.00
Lori Little 0077586 TX $75.00
Kevin Northman Anderson 0092847 UT $75.00
Benjamin Houston Anderson 0067466 UT $150.00
David Jackson Lyon 0011035 UT $75.00
Derek Allen Auito 0077129 VA $300.00
Allison Elizabeth Crouch 0070979 VA $300.00
Michael Andy Davenport 0074514 VA $225.00
Loren Walter Hershey 0033841 VA $75.00
Patricia Ann Lantzy 0063546 VA $75.00
Donald Joseph DeSalvo 0016647 WA $75.00
Rainer Armin Frank 0063838 WA $150.00
Xiao Lin Charlene Li 0082891 WI $150.00
David Glenn Hammond 0090340 WV $75.00
Wilbert Howard Klatt 0067932 WV $225.00
Bruce J. Horowitz 0026948 Ecuador $75.00
On October 14, 2020, the Commission on Continuing Legal Education issued orders imposing monetary sanctions and suspending 65 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 2014/2015 and/or 2016/2017 compliance periods. The sanction amount as displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
Gov.Bar R. X(9)(A) and (14)(A) require newly admitted attorneys admitted to the practice of law in Ohio, and attorneys newly registered for corporate status pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI, during their first biennial compliance period, to complete at least 12 hours of new lawyers' training instruction, including one hour each of professionalism, law-office management, and clientfund management, and nine hours of instruction in one or more substantive-law topics that focus on handling legal matters in specific practice areas. Gov.Bar R. X(4) requires attorneys whose last name begins with a letter from M through Z to comply with the requirements of Gov.Bar R. X on or before the 31 day of December of even-numbered years. 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-compliance fee, as established by the commission. 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 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 Commission Reg. 503.
Name
Attorney Number
County
State
Amount
Ira Myron Berman 0008636 Butler OH $300.00
Norbert Mark Doellman Jr. 0002122 Butler OH $300.00
Mary Theresa Foster 0081729 Butler OH $75.00
James Allen Berry 0024082 Clark OH $300.00
Heather Dawn Walsh 0080366 Clermont OH $300.00
Richard Craig Andrews 0009537 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Evan McKee Bishop 0090950 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Alexis Catherine Bomback 0089002 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Robert Chester Brooks II 0040881 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Thomas David Corrigan 0022810 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Bradley Scot Glazer 0027619 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Jason Patrick Hager 0075849 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Gladys Elaine Harrison 0016051 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Elissa Louise Hopson 0083174 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
David James Janco 0041358 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Adam Phillip Jason 0087391 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Andrew Lee Johnson Jr. 0010004 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Peter Joseph Krembs 0024871 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Esther Oakalee Lester 0041547 Cuyahoga OH $300.00
Robert Nathaniel Black Jr. 0019343 Franklin OH $300.00
Robert Thomas Burda 0011917 Franklin OH $300.00
Geneva Gaither Cleamons 0031095 Franklin OH $300.00
James Phillip Dinsmore 0051798 Franklin OH $300.00
Fredrick Lee Fisher 0032434 Franklin OH $300.00
Gregory Alan Goetz 0090356 Franklin OH $300.00
Sara Allyn Hall 0092696 Franklin OH $300.00
John Folger Hilt Jr. 0029132 Franklin OH $300.00
Kristi Ming-ing Hsu 0089582 Franklin OH $300.00
Brian Edward Huggins 0091683 Franklin OH $300.00
Alexander Stephen Kocsis 0024908 Franklin OH $300.00
Robert Raymond Lech 0073078 Franklin OH $300.00
Howard Paul Lowe 0034295 Franklin OH $300.00
Catherine Adams 0023480 Hamilton OH $300.00
Jonathan David Adee 0069082 Hamilton OH $300.00
Stanley Jerome Aronoff 0011694 Hamilton OH $300.00
Jill Elizabeth Jakab 0008599 Hamilton OH $300.00
Jessie Hanson LeMasters 0077914 Hamilton OH $300.00
Nicholas Andrew Horn 0092096 Hocking OH $300.00
John Adams Cervay 0014398 Montgomery OH $300.00
David Matthew Federico 0091163 Montgomery OH $300.00
Charles Ray Burns 0051963 Ottawa OH $300.00
Duane Lynn Doyle 0034042 Portage OH $300.00
Richard Vincent Friedmann 0069038 Seneca OH $300.00
John Peter Lazar 0009760 Stark OH $300.00
Laura A. DiCola 0039547 Summit OH $300.00
Bruce Richard Freedman 0023864 Summit OH $75.00
Robert Lee Lewis 0022253 Summit OH $300.00
David Joseph Cranmer 0038667 Warren OH $300.00
Joan Alice Gibson 0040148 AZ $300.00
Judith Ann Hoechst 0043643 CO $225.00
Glen Henry Ackerman 0072724 DC $300.00
William Lee Bowersock 0029925 FL $300.00
Richard Arthur Buntele 0030872 IN $300.00
Elias Habib Hazkial 0085463 MI $300.00
Christopher Lee Killion 0074029 MI $300.00
Barbara Lynn Freedy 0011582 NC $300.00
Claudine Marie Lovitt 0069335 NC $300.00
Ivan Stewart DeVoren 0091900 PA $300.00
Samuel Hood Foreman 0064624 PA $300.00
Gary Lee Kaplan 0083074 PA $300.00
Otis Wayne Grigsby Jr. 0090789 TX $300.00
Margaret Miles Guerra 0088951 TX $300.00
The following attorneys were suspended from the practice of law for not completing the new-lawyers'-training requirement as required by Gov.Bar R. X(9)(A) and (14)(A) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A).
Name
Attorney Number
County
State
Brandon Earl Brown 0097013 Cuyahoga OH
Michael Fenton Gibson 0097541 Franklin OH
Heidi Rochon Hafer 0097213 TX