Opinion
No. 2007-0309.
March 26, 2007.
Disciplinary Cases
On February 15, 2007, and pursuant to Gov.Bar R. V(5)(A)(3), the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio certified to the Supreme Court a certified copy of a judgment entry of a felony conviction against Joseph D. Weisberg, an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Ohio.
Upon consideration thereof and pursuant to Gov.Bar R. V(5)(A)(4), it is ordered and decreed that Joseph D. Weisberg, Attorney Registration No. 0001441, last known business address in Toledo, Ohio, is suspended from the practice of law for an interim period, effective as of the date of this entry.
It is further ordered that this matter is referred to the Disciplinary Counsel for investigation and commencement of disciplinary proceedings.
It is further ordered that respondent immediately cease and desist from the practice of law in any form and is forbidden to appear on behalf of another before any court, judge, commission, board, administrative agency or other public authority.
It is further ordered that, effective immediately, respondent is forbidden to counsel or advise or prepare legal instruments for others or in any manner perform legal services for others.
It is further ordered that respondent is 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 pursuant to Gov.Bar R. X(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(3)(G), respondent shall complete one credit hour of instruction related to professional conduct required by Gov.Bar R. X(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 the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio; (2) respondent complies with this and all other orders issued by this court; (3) respondent complies with the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio; and (4) this court orders respondent reinstated.
It is further ordered, sua sponte, by the court that within 90 days of the date of this order, respondent shall reimburse any amounts that have been awarded by the Clients' Security Fund pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VIII(7)(F). It is further ordered, sua sponte, by the court that if, after the date of this order, the Clients' Security Fund awards any amount against the respondent pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VIII(7)(F), the respondent shall reimburse that amount to the Clients' Security Fund within 90 days of the notice of such award.
It is further ordered that on or before 30 days from 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 respondent's possession or control;
4. Notify opposing counsel in pending litigation or, in the absence of counsel, the adverse parties of respondent's disqualification to act as an attorney 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 such 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, the Toledo Bar Association, 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, sua sponte, that service shall be deemed made on respondent by sending this order, and all other orders in this case, by certified mail to the most recent address respondent has given to the Attorney Registration Section.
It is further ordered that the clerk of this court issue certified copies of this order as provided for in Gov.Bar R. V(8)(D)(L), that publication be made as provided for in Gov.Bar R. V(8)(D)(2), and that respondent bear the costs of publication.
Miscellaneous Orders
On December 2, 2005, the following attorneys were suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI(6)(B) for failing to file their 2005/2007 Certificate of Registration and paying the applicable fees on or before December 1, 2005. These attorneys have applied for reinstatement, complied with the requirements of Gov.Bar. R. VI(1), paid all applicable registration and reinstatement fees, and have been reinstated to the practice of law pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI(6)(D):
Attorney Number Attorney Name City, State Reg. Status September 7, 2006 0065567 Patrick Joseph Ickes Omaha, NE Inactive 0003007 Barbara Jo Korn Chesterland, OH Inactive 0042189 Stacey L. Lewis Forestville, MD Inactive 0070306 Eleanor Jeanine Palmer Columbus, OH Inactive September 14, 2006 0041918 James Allen Gallagher, Jr. Homer, NY Inactive September 20, 2006 0001193 Lee Bortz OH Not Required 0076684 Mark Anthony Ehinger APO AE, Inactive 0041694 Arthur Jamie Green Peacham, VT Inactive 0047939 Owen Hellek Hellekson, Jr. Honolulu, HI Inactive 0048692 John Walter Kaufmann New York, NY Inactive 0019435 Joseph Kent Kerr Oak Park, IL Inactive 0020062 Robert Francis Morand Loveland, OH Active September 29, 2006 0065778 Daniel Chad Anderton Chicago, IL Inactive 0065639 Joseph Edward Deegan McMurray, PA Active 0069182 Ann Watters DeVoe Cincinnati, OH Active October 18, 2006 0016199 Robert Bruce Baker Western Springs, IL Inactive 0066169 Susan Lynn Bozorth North Andover, MA Inactive 0077994 Kellie Lee Brennan Cincinnati, OH Inactive 0011315 Wilbert Byrd Barker Hts., TX Active 0039052 Rita P. Campanile Rutherford, NJ Inactive 0062374 William Joseph Gelm Phoenix, AZ Active 0075808 Todd Timothy Hansen Middleburg Hts, OH Inactive 0058642 Tammy Lee Martin Cleveland Heights, OH Active November 1, 2006 0058855 Genelle Marchelle Allen Canton, MI Inactive 0064838 Elizabeth Clara Burke San Diego, CA Inactive 0002727 Kathie A. Levison Ketchum, ID Inactive 0063292 Jody Lyn McFarland Chicago, IL Inactive 0022174 Mark Joseph Real Columbus, OH Active 0065920 Stephanie Lyn Robinson Washington, DC Inactive 0029125 Armond Vincent Rossi Youngstown, OH Inactive November 21, 2006 0071731 Bonnie Ann Esrig Cincinnati, OH Inactive 0070607 Linda Marie Italiano Gorczynski Strongsville, OH Active 0059947 James Stern Oliphant, Jr. Washington, DC Inactive 0002086 David Anthony Reams Rochester Hills, MI Inactive 0016986 Sheldon Morris Sager Lafayette, CO Active 0037599 Alys Portman Smith Menlo Park, CA Inactive 0069387 David Anthony Zele Parma, OH Inactive November 27, 2006 0024054 Thomas Christopher Brown Geneva, OH Active December 11, 2006 0058589 Matthew Benjamin Crane Gilbert, AZ Inactive 0031148 Caryn Gail Pass Washington, DC Inactive December 21, 2006 0058589 Rita Fernandez-Bigras Fayette, OH Inactive 0021519 Ann Brannon Rembrandt Charleston, WV Inactive 0040846 Edward Earls Santen Batavia, OH Active December 29, 2006 0067816 Heather Gilchrist Louisville, KY Inactive 0067226 Tina Robert Krueger Ashville, OH Active 0053047 William James Slivka Lewes, DE Retired 0067344 Deborah Beth Uluer Roslindale, MA Inactive 0040893 Thomas Patrick Wilson Cincinnati, OH Active January 3, 2007 0028096 John Francis Peyton, Jr. Honolulu, HI Inactive 0063750 Maria Elena Spencer Columbus, OH Inactive January 5, 2007 0062320 James Joseph Paterson Lorain, OH Active January 8, 2007 0022835 Joseph Henry Willis Punta Gorda, FL Inactive January 17, 2007 0008112 Leonard Zola Alpert Weirton, WV Active 0061241 Noemi F. Donovan Overland Park, KS Inactive 0045947 Charles Francis Fell Honolulu, HI Inactive 0075039 Michael James Flannery Oostburg, WI Inactive 0049143 John Heino Kull Cockeysville, MD Retired 0051792 Dana Michelle Larbus Noblesville, IN Inactive 0068502 Elizabeth Lorraine Ross Cincinnati, OH Active 0040698 Sandra Jean Wheat-Fortson Brandywine, MD Active January 23, 2007 0054314 Karl Heinz, Stehmer Bowie, MD Inactive February 6, 2007 0058756 James Glenn Aldrich, Jr. Bloomfield Hills, MI Inactive 0065675 Anil Vellani Anthony Toronto Ontario M1B5M3 Active 0046686 Marilyn R. Childress Akron, OH Active 0042458 Paul Harrison Fisher Cincinnati, OH Active 0048049 Merlin Major Hill Cleveland, OH Inactive 0010239 John Patrick Hyland Avon Lake, OH Retired 0025386 Richard Brendan Kelly Shoreline, WA Inactive 0024488 Milan Latas Youngstown, OH Inactive 0064145 Christopher Scott North Hebron, KY Inactive February 21, 2007 0002229 Richard James Bannister Vandalia, OH Retired 0034555 Stanley Burton Bernstein Oakdale, NY Inactive 0065401 David Henry Boyd Playa Del Rey, CA Inactive 0011292 Robert Vernon Franklin, Jr. Toledo, OH Retired 0064067 Kevin Anthony Goldsmith Cleveland Heights, OH Inactive 0039968 John Douglas Karlovec Chagrin Falls, OH Active 0051628 Thomas George Kirkhope Toledo, OH Retired 0004684 John Albert Murphy, Jr. Tucson, AZ Inactive 0028939 Mark Harrington Westlake Nashville, TN Inactive March 2, 2007 0067918 Margaret Ann Allen Fairfield, OH Active 0030002 Robert Adam Barach Cincinnati, OH Active 0017878 Cynthia Fisher Blank New York, NY Retired 0026191 Louise Lawler Cavanaugh Wellesley, MA Active 0059467 Linda Gail Epstein Mundelein, IL Inactive 0055883 Michelle Gillespy Goldstein Cincinnati, OH Inactive 0042951 Robert E. Hathaway, II Northville, MI Inactive 0072886 Mark Steven O'Brien Thorndale, PA Active 0052658 John Thomas Schrotel Tampa, PL Retired 0058505 Jacquelyn Frances Sedlak Russell, OH Inactive March 12, 2007 0072331 Cheryl Elizabeth Bage Scarborough, Active 0061436 Robert Gary DeFusco Independence, KY Inactive 0043567 Dennis Jay Goldman Dublin, OH Inactive 0044115 Judith Carol Schaengold Cincinnati, OH Inactive March 20, 2007 0017224 Thomas Scott Danford Franklin, TN Inactive 0018848 Roger Paul Davis Huber Heights, OH Inactive 0076082 Kurt Ray Gearhart Chicago, IL Inactive 0063346 Daniel Alan Hauck Liberty Township, OH Inactive 0010155 Thomas Van Husen Vail, Jr. Shaker Hts., OH Inactive 0054922 Valerie Vanaman Los Angeles, CA Active On December 2, 2005, the following attorneys were suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI(6)(B) for failing to file their 2005/2007 Certificate of Registration and paying the applicable fees on or before December 1, 2005. It has now come to the Supreme Court's attention that the following attorneys were deceased prior to December 1, 2005. Upon consideration thereof,IT IS ORDERED by the court that the suspension entered against the following attorneys be and hereby is vacated:Name Attorney Reg. No. City and State
Robert Sutton Abbott 44181 Canton, OH Charles Joseph Acker 44423 South Euclid, OH William Robert Adelman 13605 Cleveland, OH Frederic Thomas Adler 44503 Cincinnati, OH Robert Raymond Aldinger 13616 Chesapeake, VA Archibald John Allen Jr. 43254 New York, NY Walter Eugene Apple 18393 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Phillip E. Arnold 60170 Cleveland, OH Max Milton Axelrod 29278 Cleveland, OH Donald VanNess Bakeman 53273 Fairfield, OH Helen Manheim Baker 3902 Chagrin Falls, OH Robert Dane Barber 32750 Columbus, OH Brian Alan Bargmeyer 74367 Cleveland Heights, OH Elton Newell Barnett 30190 Cleveland, OH Howard H. Baxter 21201 Lakewood, OH Francis Bayley 19453 Tampa, FL Paul E. Beam 53440 Hamilton, OH Robert William Beamer 25890 Port Charlotte, FL David Edward Beasley 24632 Shaker Hts, OH Richard Carl Beifuss 15780 Gahanna, OH Ralph Cade Bennett 26198 Cincinnati, OH Beryl Alfred Joseph Bergmann 32213 Cincinnati, OH William Gerad Bernet Jr. 32553 Shaker Hts, OH Elmer Richard Best 18592 Cincinnati, OH Bruce Melvin Bixler 973 Louisville, OH William Michael Blake 19367 Richmond Hts., OH Lotus Charles Bliss 53706 Akron, OH James John Boczar 36911 Sarasota, FL Charles Eckley Bodurtha 42978 Cleveland, OH Robert E. Boehler 53738 Toledo, OH Lawrence Dietrich Borchers 33936 Cleveland, OH Charles Paul Braman 8422 Beachwood, OH David Clark Branand 13747 Shadyside, MD Dale Norman Breig 24907 Sharonville, OH Mala Gusman Bridwell 26391 St. Louis, MO Ranald Urton Briggs 23897 Dayton, OH Morris C. Bristol 53924 Cincinnati, OH Raymond Brown 53984 Columbus, OH Willard Walker Brown 31621 Cleveland, OH Robert Albert Browne 53998 Cincinnati, OH Robert Walter Bruce 37083 Cleveland, OH Aladdin Anthony Bucci 34154 Canton, OH Robert Carleton Buck Jr. 8498 Naples, FL Joseph Patrick Burke 13428 Waynesville, OH Robert William Burns 6396 Cincinnati, OH William Francis Butler 44275 Toledo, OH Hayden Davis Cain 2182 Chagrin Falls, OH John Joseph Carey 20922 Lakewood, OH Frederick Carl Carlson 44397 University Hts., OH Thomas Adrian Carpenter 44408 Tiffin, OH James H. Carson 34328 Akron, OH Frank Louis Cavano Jr. 18854 Cleveland, OH Kenet Edward Chareau 26318 Huntington Beach, CA Philipp Lambert Charles 2024 Port La Belle, FL John Anthony Chell 811 Ravenna, OH Arthur Clark 43289 Fort Lauderdale, FL Herbert David Clem 22809 Columbus, OH Raymond Estel Clift 32756 Cincinnati, OH Richard Edward Coe 38126 Salem, OH Evelyn Lee Cohen 24796 Cleveland, OH Naomi Eileen Cohen-Berman 33527 Baltimore, MD Fred Ernest Coleman 43291 Avon Lake, OH Harlan Barnes Collins 44814 Cleveland Heights, OH Ruth Barlow Collins 44826 Cleveland, OH Edward Joseph Comparda 28010 Akron, OH Robert S. Copelin 44929 Cleveland, OH Ernest Walter Cornett 44957 Cincinnati, OH Albert James Cosler 44968 Cleveland, OH Charles Bernard Creighton 32492 Santa Fe, NM John V. Crist 42842 Cleveland, OH Norman Ted Crout 24265 Miami, FL Thomas P. Cyrus 45106 Westlake, OH Brian William Danaher 59633 Canton, OH Blake Martin Danner 6597 Worthington, OH Joseph Andrew David 1230 Toledo, OH Sandra Lee Karby Davidson 45166 Westlake, OH Jay Kent Davis 5751 Metairie, LA Robert Blaine Davis Jr. 45196 Cleveland, OH Walter Russell Davis 17680 Zanesville, OH Anthony T. Deddens 45234 Cincinnati, OH Emanuel Newton Deitz 45255 Steubenville, OH Fred Michael Dellapa Jr. 4.5266 Rossford, OH Robert Borodel Denison 45282 Cleveland Heights, OH Jacob Louis Deutsch 7429 Dayton, OH Jesse Geeder Dickinson 51249 Columbus, OH Joseph DiNetta 45360 Columbus, OH Alexander Stanley Dombey 45403 Columbus, OH George Jack Donson 26548 Dayton, OH John Henry Downey 22037 Warren, FL Harold Bamford Doyle 43301 Youngstown, OH Burton Joseph Duck 45525 Warren, OH William Frank Duckworth 33542 Columbus, OH James Allan Dull 26587 Cleveland, OH Joseph Stephen Dumbacher 45555 Madeira Beach, FL John Robert Dwelle 45622 Akron, OH Irvin Dworkin 45623 Cincinnati, OH Francis Donald Egan 13903 Northfield, OH Rose S. Eilberg 45719 Cleveland, OH Sara Ann Evans 58493 Dayton, OH Rudolph Fahr 15287 San Jose, CA William Raynor Fairgrieve 43308 Cleveland, OH Lucien Farley 58319 Glendale, OH Walter Edward Farnsworth 45893 Cleveland, OH Don Feigenbaum 43310 Las Vegas, NV Margaret Anne Fetz 45974 Lakewood, OH Charles Elmer Fiddler 43311 Kansas City, MO Judith Diane Field 16738 Shaker Hts, OH William Robert Fifner 11199 Westlake, OH Joseph Edwin Finley 43313 Princeton, NJ Raymond John Finley 60358 Akron, OH James Patrick Flynn Jr. 39707 Cleveland, OH Mark Fox 46167 Cincinnati, OH Thomas Richard Foy 46171 Medina, OH Bernice K. Frease 13597 Canton, OH Joseph Herman Friedman 46270 Cleveland, OH Hayden Shelley Garber 21498 Oxon Hill, MD Robert David Garry 19084 Euclid, OH Russell Gassaway 17413 Cleveland, OH Fred G. Gerald 46450 Columbus, OH Lawrence Alexander Gibbs 25396 Columbus, OH Jack Stanley Gilbert 26705 Miami Beach, FL John Stuart Gilbert 46483 Cincinnati, OH Mack Raymond Gilbert 43322 Seminole, FL John Joseph Golden 26725 North Olmsted, OH Bernard Leonard Goldman 18121 Cleveland, OH Bernard Leonard Goldman 46914 Cleveland, OH Nelson Lawrence Gordon 29137 Circleville, OH Frank McGown Gorman 47021 Escondido, CA John Vincent Gorman 19813 Cincinnati, OH John Woodrow Gower 21088 Dayton, OH Leland Orville Graham 47058 Lakewood, OH Frederic Sterling Gray 42938 Washington, DC Benjamin Charles Green 47422 Cleveland Heights, OH Raymond Blount Greene Jr. 47443 Toledo, OH Ralph Dammann Griebling 47485 Lakewood, OH Herbert Alfred Grodin 47516 Cleveland, OH William Morris Grogan 32652 Cincinnati, OH Raymond Francis Grove 30003 Columbus, OH Frederick Charles Grulich 338 St. Pete Beach, FL Eva Beatrice Guggenheim 47553 Pittsburgh, PA Frederick Walton Gusweiler 47602 Norwood, OH Walter Alvord Hall 47670 Springfield, OH William Emerson Hamaker 47688 Canton, OH Daniel Joseph Hanlon Jr. 47724 Neenah, WI Lowell Mason Harter Jr. 47815 East Cleveland, OH Woodard William Hartrick 47818 Lakewood, OH Carl Werner Hauser 43332 Lakewood, OH Brent Howard Hawkins 64757 North Bend, OH David Kinkead Hempstead 47949 Washington, DC Bruce Pauley Henderson 47951 Warren, OH John Carl Hendricks 47955 Newark, OH Robert K. Hendrix 31247 Springfield, OH Kenneth Eugene Herberling 33753 North Palm Beach, FL Julius Herchig 42949 Dayton, OH Daniel Patrick Hercl 68377 Columbus, OH Charles Stuart Hinckley 48066 Lakewood, OH Thomas Buxton Hobbes 13158 Washington, DC Robert Joseph Hoffman 61246 Phoenix, AZ Edward William Hoffmann 26923 Mason, OH Gilbert Cornelius Holtz 26912 North Ridgeville, OH Arnold Vincent Horwedel 9300 Rocky River, OH Ronald Eugene Hothem 48221 Wooster, OH George Robert Hunter 43342 Cincinnati, OH Rexford Cadwallader Hyre 10672 Mayfield Hts., OH Harry Willliam Immke Jr. 20383 Mayfield Hts., OH Richard Inglis Jr. 17795 Amherst, MA Joseph Jacob 120 Cape Coral, FL Paul Eli Jacobs 26862 Palm Desert, CA Richard Jeffrey Jacobson 553 Fort Myers, FL Thomas Lorraine Jaynes 24441 Bedford, OH Vincent Hitchcock Jenkins 48470 Cleveland, OH Wallace Alfred Jenkins Jr. 26849 Charlotte, NC Albert Thomas Johns Jr. 38322 Boca Raton, FL David Johnson 48497 Cincinnati, OH Ruth Elaine Johnson 13752 Wickliffe, OH Alvin Woodworth Jones 48536 Chillicothe, OH John Foulkes Jones 43352 Sarasota, FL George Frank Kabot 48611 Cleveland, OH Henry William Kachel 48612 Youngstown, OH James Garvin Kahle 48616 Columbus, OH Eleanor Louise Kalin 48631 Cleveland, OH John Emmanuel Kaufman 42994 Akron, OH Richard David Kearney 26895 Sherwood Forest, MO Horace Steele Keifer 43360 Springfield, OH Charles Matthias Kelly 48745 Akron, OH Francis William Kessler 16963 Canton, OH Clark Craig Kimball 38250 Santa Fe, NM Laurence Meredith Kimble 10384 Portsmouth, OH Nancy Cecil Kirby 32013 Euclid, OH Willis C. Knisely 63052 Toledo, OH Walter Kobil 11287 Ft. Wayne, IN Douglas Lee Kohout 6362 Cleveland, OH Mike Kouskouris 43005 Columbus, OH Stephen John Kovacik Jr. 30369 Sacramento, CA John Kras 43372 Cleveland, OH Karl Krastin 43373 Fort Lauderdale, FL William Fred Kruspe 49130 Akron, OH David Lowell Ladd 15596 Washington, DC John Lowry Lamb 38398 Cleveland, OH Donald Landy 27220 Davie, FL Reuel A. Lang 15602 Shaker Hts, OH Mark Lanni 39328 Reading, MA Charles Leroy Larson Jr. 49277 Chagrin Falls, OH Kenneth Wayne Lauderdale 27200 Washington, DC David Francis Lautzenheiser 11123 Toledo, OH John Joseph Lavelle 85 Rocky River, OH John Elston Law 27199 Los Angeles, CA Harold Lewis Lawson 18851 Boston, MA Charles William Leftwich 33113 Dublin, OH Arthur Max Leissa 15901 Cleveland, OH Edward Anthony Lettus 23284 Cleveland Heights, OH Joseph Lichtenbaum 49470 Cincinnati, OH William Sparks Lightbody 8282 Pepper Pike, OH Daniel Link 15474 Cleveland, OH Beth Anne Lipka 61266 Oakwood, OH Thomas Cleveland Locke 49538 Maumee, OH Jay Leonard Loeb 20576 Cleveland, OH Edward Lojeski 49547 Lakewood, OH William Arthur Lombus 37628 Park Hills, KY Frank Clowes Long 27751 Shelby, OH Mark Douglas Long 38361 Columbus, OH Ruth Bailey Looker 10809 Stuart, FL Harry E. Lubeshkoff 25630 Cleveland, OH Nicholas James Luca 1713 Newton Falls, OH Thomas Lawrence Lukenic 14650 Cleveland, OH David Tod Gilham Lum 43380 Columbus, OH Jose Edmundo Maldonado 30080 McAllen, TX Stacy Lou Mancos 38527 Myrtle Beach, SC Louis Leonard Manes 49769 Akron, OH Patrick Michael Maniscalco 21752 Fort Worth, TX James Edward Manning 38261 Chicago, IL Ronald Charles Marchione 33456 Zeeland, MI Lloyd Dennis Marlowe 7496 Mesa, AZ Lawrence Robert Maroon 3607 Fairview Park, OH Lewis Lee Marquart Jr. 1341 Cleveland Heights, OH George Badgley Marshall 49849 Columbus, OH Edwin Ernest Martin 31864 Toledo, OH Russel Wayne Martin 49883 Columbus, OH Louis Martinez 19864 Canton, OH Kenneth Albert Mason 13762 Akron, OH Douglas Joel Mather 49905 Alliance, OH John Joseph Mayar 49952 Cleveland, OH Emanuel Mazur 7319 Akron, OH Brian Eric Mazurek 52018 Washington, DC Bernard Thomas McCann 27796 Boca Raton, FL Terrance Adams McConnell 43653 Nashville, TN John Garard McCune 8432 Worthington, OH Urban Sylvester McGonagle 50098 Lancaster, OH James Ignatius McGuire 24359 Mason, OH John Thomas McHugh 32228 Lake Worth, FL Daniel Hall McKnight 8468 Dayton, OH Clarence Elliott McLeod Jr. 10313 Cleveland Heights, OH Thomas J. McMahon Jr. 2129 Fort Wright, KY Edward Allen McNeill 32194 Hollywood, FL William McNeill 50185 Avon Lake, OH Jeffrey Frederick Mebs 43080 San Diego, CA Neill Irene Meckley 32869 Voovlees, NJ Harry Meier Jr. 618 Cincinnati, OH Jeffrey Roland Melnikoff 27811 Baltimore, MD A. Alan Meltzer 5691 North Palm Beach, FL Ewart Lytton Merica 27510 San Francisco, CA Paul Cyrus Merillat 41040 Toledo, OH Donald Leslie Merrow 50264 Akron, OH John James Metts 43077 Indianapolis, IN Jerome Bertram Metzel 50280 Cleveland, OH Norman Frank Meyer Jr. 50291 Cincinnati, OH Donald Thomas Michael 50298 Cincinnati, OH Richard Stretton Michaels 27642 Medina, OH Clark Stuart Miller 50324 Columbus, OH James Bennett Miller 32311 West Portsmouth, OH Ray Charles Miller 50364 Cleveland, OH Ronald Dean Miller 50368 Zanesville, OH John Thomas Milligan 18316 Warren, OH William Andrew David Millson 50389 Cleveland, OH Robert David Milne 24630 Fairview Park, OH Joanne Gallagher Minarcini 50392 Strongsville, OH Harold Hyman Mintz 12458 Butler, PA George Howard Mitchell 27829 Charleston, WV Russell G. Mock 50421 Girard, OH Joseph T. Molitoris 50429 Cleveland, OH Clarence Longman Mollison 50431 Cleveland, OH Everett Franklin Mooneyham 43048 Akron, OH Mitchell Moore Jr. 32424 St. Petersburg, FL William Randolph Moore Jr. 7222 Tallmadge, OH Leo Denis Morand 17942 Cincinnati, OH Walter James Morey 15868 Arden, NC Clifford John Moriarty 50517 Columbus, OH Jeanne Anne Morse 54076 Scottsdale, AZ Terrence James Morse 50545 Columbus, OH Thomas Edward Morton Jr. 9711 Dallas, TX Harries Arthur Mumma Jr. 27916 North Caldwell, NJ Howard Arthur Murray 60640 Columbus, OH Gwynne Bonnell Myers 50663 Marietta, OH Albert Louis Negin 43400 Lima, OH Donald Edward Albert Nelson 28068 Mount Vernon, OH Howard Lewis Ness Jr. 39781 Toledo, OH Melvin Neuerman 50744 Cincinnati, OH Robert Breen Neville 43082 Washington, DC Robert James Newton 50773 Akron, OH William Edward Noland 25162 Kent, OH Nicholas Nowosad 43500 Pickerington, OH Herbert Spencer Oldham 43089 Cincinnati, OH Norman William O'Neil Jr. 50944 Houston, TX Robert Augustine O'Neil 43090 Akron, OH Peter Onysko 23733 Cleveland, OH Ronald Leonard Orloff 6964 Chicago, IL Frederick Gray Pace 51010 Zanesville, OH Dalles Jerome Pagel 28182 The Woodlands, TX William Frederick Parker Jr. 28107 Kettering, OH Robert William Patterson 23975 Dayton, OH Edward Clifton Pennick 51139 Cleveland, OH Clarence L. Peterson 28149 Norcross, GA John Joseph Pfeifer 4903 Zanesville, OH Dean K. Phillips 5773 Alexandria, VA Nelson Earl Pike 51343 Cleveland, OH Joseph John Pisarro 43107 Columbus, OH Frederick Robert Place Jr. 51367 Columbus, OH Clifton Edward Plattenburg Jr. 19420 Dayton, OH David Todd Postance 23815 Columbus, OH Ernest M. Powell 28191 Houston, TX Maurice Edmund Prendergast 17896 Cleveland, OH Samuel Raymond Pressman 51459 Cleveland Heights, OH Leo Nicholas Probst 28196 Mesa, AZ Michael Pusti 43095 Cleveland, OH James Farnworth Quiggle 28002 San Antonio, TX Roy Eugene Raney 27939 Largo, FL Roberta Marie Reed 24352 Peoria, IL Elena Fletcher Rench 62734 Issaquah, WA Russell Walter Renner 43133 Cheviot, OH William Douglas Reynard 28029 Moffett Field, CA Harold Scott Rickert 51764 Youngstown, OH James Kenneth Rietz 51786 Cleveland, OH Max Ringer 30930 Beachwood, OH Charles William Riseley 26020 Toledo, OH Albert Alex Rogoff 52214 Cincinnati, OH Alexander Richard Roman 43138 Westlake, OH Norman B. Ronning 17704 Urbana, OH Nelson Peabody Rose 52270 Lancaster, OH Samuel Solomon Rosenthal 43427 Columbus, OH Michael Winton Ross 15452 Canton, OH Arthur J. Roth 43429 Pasadena, CA Alvin Harold Rowe 43431 Cincinnati, OH Joseph Rubinstein 43120 Cleveland Heights, OH John Anthony Rudge 23680 Chapel Hill, NC Bettye Louise Russell 13586 Cape Coral, FL Vicki Lynn Sandlin 64073 Miamisburg, OH Arthur Cornelius Schaffer Jr. 52542 Cleveland, OH Terrence Martin Scherrer 24642 Columbus, OH George Edgar Schick 28579 Irvine, CA William Jacob Schmid 24156 Cincinnati, OH Jacob Godfrey Schmidlapp III 52591 Cincinnati, OH David Earl Schramm 33930 Bellaire, OH Robert John Schreiner 34261 Tallmadge, OH William Clarence Schuessler 43438 Cincinnati, OH Joseph Scovronek 8820 Washington, DC Boyd Maxwell Sears Jr. 52729 Cincinnati, OH Reuben Segall 43177 Youngstown, OH Mark Allen Selker 20692 Blacklick, OH Paul Stanley Sessions 43147 Cleveland, OH Earl F. Shadrach 59026 Laguna Hills, CA Gilbert Jerome Shaver 4653 Cincinnati, OH John Roswell Shepherd 52887 Hudson, OH Wilbur Lee Shield 11806 Powell, OH Michelle Lynn Shields 30770 Cleveland, OH Richard Hampton Shinn 28628 Lansing, MI Wilbur Lewis Shull 52935 Columbus, OH Nathan Siegel 52959 Cleveland, OH James Blanton Simmons Jr. 38385 Toledo, OH Michele Marein Simon 22468 Beachwood, OH James David Simpson 40129 Washington, DC John Paul Simpson 53005 Lakewood, OH Melvin Jay Singer 23613 Pepper Pike, OH Robert Eugene Sipes 53017 Cleveland, OH Alan Gerald Skutt 53040 Ada, OH Kenneth Ginn Smith 53110 Salem, OH Linnie Carol Evans Smith 15883 USAF Academy, CO Sydney Smith 53136 Akron, OH Edwin John Smithson 22623 Dayton, OH Donald Franklin Stair 32658 Alpharetta, GA Edward Donald Stanley 40005 Columbus, OH Robert Eugene Stano 8077 Massillon, OH Clarence J. Steiger 14450 Cleveland, OH Ralph Joseph Stemberger 32982 Bedford, OH David Lee Sterling 54347 Columbus, OH Anne Kimball Stevens 28722 Kennesaw, GA Richard Henry Stewart 29480 Shaker Hts, OH Melvin Joshua Stinchfield 16083 Dayton, OH Edward Harold Stinson 22793 Willoughby, OH Joseph Marshall Streb 54452 Dover, OH David Lloyd Suid 10135 Cleveland, OH Dorothy F. Binyon Sullivan 30207 Atlantis, FL Robert Ward Summers 54507 Canton, OH Dennis Lee Sunderhaus 54511 Mill Valley, CA David Porter Surtz 20092 Wickliffe, OH Bruce Richard Sutter 54519 Cleveland Heights, OH Richard Alan Szilagyi 15048 Columbus, OH Barnett Allen Task 3088 Mentor, OH Frank Charles Tauro 13827 Geneva on the Lake, OH John Warren Thomas 43761 Sewickley, PA Josephus Tucker Thomas 30287 Marietta, OH Louis Adelbert Toepfer 39566 Saxtons River, VT Stanley Thomas Traska 16724 Lawrence, MA Stephen William Travers 28557 Katy, TX Josephine Anderson Trevathan 21021 Silver Springs, MD Phillip George Tripi 14127 Highland Heights, OH Wayne M. Trostle 44940 Cleveland, OH Thomas Bryan Underwood Jr. 54893 Dayton, OH Theresa Eileen Urban 17646 North Royalton, OH Robert Uvick 43477 Houston, TX James Charles Velisek 17991 Cleveland, OH Charles Wesley Vernon Jr. 54963 Columbus, OH William James Vesely 43209 Boston, MA Paul Douglas Vidensik 14696 Hinckley, OH Leo Clement Voet 54989 San Francisco, CA Lorraine Elizabeth Voss 43210 Visalia, CA Elmer Bernard Wahl Jr. 13382 Muskegon, Ml John Joseph Walbeck Jr. 59059 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Albert Bernard Walder 2107 Shaker Hts, OH Nicholas Joseph Walinski Jr. 55040 Toledo, OH John Philip Waltz 32091 Canton, OH George Alfred Ward 55091 Columbus, OH Robert Earl Ward 15342 Columbus, OH Edward Payson Warren Jr. 10251 Solon, OH Jack Daniel Warren 25107 North Versailles, PA Martin John Wegman 55176 Brecksville, OH Robert MacLeod Weh 43483 Delray Beach, FL Stephen Alan Weinstein 3575 Orlando, FL Morris Weintraub 497 Fort Lauderdale, FL Samuel B. Weiss 28461 Shaker Hts, OH Louis Elmer Weitz 43244 Cleveland, OH Halbert Earl Whitaker 59006 Cleveland, OH Claron Nickle White 22179 Rancho San Margarita, CA Joseph John White 56380 Cincinnati, OH Dale Wallace Wickham 28922 Washington, DC Rosalind Goldberg Wiletzky 28303 University Hts., OH George Paul Williams 56460 Massillon, OH Guy Richard Williams 28341 Toledo, OH Jack Edgar Williams 56467 Columbus, OH Michael Williams 43234 Warren, OH Beverly Moore Williamson 36871 Cincinnati, OH John Woll Williamson 49544 Sanford, PL Samuel Douglas Williamson 8985 Dayton, OH Loren Gregory Windom 596 Reynoldsburg, OH Eric Oscar Winnar 28280 Ashtabula, OH Reuben Zollars Wise 43490 North Canton, OH John Nick Wolfram 43239 South Euclid, OH George Victor Woodling 694 Rocky River, OH Cynthia Beam Woodward 29191 San Francisco, CA Horace Dye Worman 56646 Dayton, OH Myron Worthley 13689 Lighthouse Point, FL Roy Paul Wymbs 43228 Akron, OH Jack Martin Young 21713 Waltham, MA Frank Matthew Zier Jr. 56751 Cincinnati, OH Philip Zimmerman 31652 Beachwood, OH Guy Anthony Zoghby 38467 Niceville, FL Amy Joan Zoslov 31285 Washington, DC Henry Stanley Zwolinski 17214 Euclid, OH The Supreme Court has issued orders suspending four attorneys for noncompliance with Gov.Bar R. VI. This rule requ ires attorneys to file a Certificate of Registration and pay applicable fees within thirty days of their admissio n to the practice law. Attorneys who fail to file the Certifi cate of Registration on or before the due date, but who pay within ninety days of the deadline, are assessed a late fee . Attorneys who fail to file a Certificate of Registration timel y or within the late registration period are suspended from the practice of law. The text of the entry imposing the suspension i s reproduced below. This is followed by a list of the attorneys w ho were suspended.Because an attorney suspended pursuant to Gov.B ar R. VI can be reinstated upon application, an attorney whos e name appears below may have been reinstated prior to publ ication of this notice. Please contact the Office of Attorney R egistration and CLE at 614/387-9320 to determine the current sta tus of an attorney whose name appears below.
In re Registration Suspension [Attorney Name] ORDER OF SUSPENSION [Registration Number].
Gov.Bar R. VI(1)(B) requires all attorneys admitte d to the practice of law in Ohio to file a Certificate of Reg istration within thirty days of the date of admission. Section 6(A) establishes that an attorney who fails to file the C ertificate of Registration on or before the due date, but pays within ninety days of the deadline, shall be assessed a late fee. Section 6(B) provides that an attorney who fails to file a Certificate of Registration and pay the fees either timely or within the late registration period shall be notified of noncompliance and that if the attorney fails to file evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or to come into compliance with this rule within the late registration period, the attorney will be suspended from the practice of law.
Respondent has not registered for the 2005/2007 attorney registration biennium within thirty days of the date of admission and has not filed evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or come into compliance with this rule within the late registration period.
Upon consideration thereof and in accordance with Gov.Bar R. VI(6)(B), respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law in Ohio, effective as of the date of this order.
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, effective immediately, respondent be forbidden to counsel or advise or prepare legal instruments for others or in any manner perform legal services for others.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall not practice law in Ohio, hold himself or herself out as authorized to practice law in Ohio, hold nonfederal judicial office in Ohio, occupy a nonfederal position in this state in which the attorney is called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or pass upon the legal effect of any act, document, or law, be employed in the Ohio judicial system in a. position required to be held by an attorney, or practice before any nonfederal court or agency in this state on behalf of any person except himself or herself.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if respondent fails to comply with this order, respondent may be referred for investigation of the unauthorized practice of law under Gov.Bar R. VII(3).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent is hereby divested of each, any and all rights, privileges and prerogatives customarily accorded to a member in good standing of the legal profession in Ohio.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notwithstanding respondent's suspension under Gov.Bar R. VI, respondent shall comply with Gov.Bar R. X (Attorney Continuing Legal Education).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall not be reinstated to the practice of law in Ohio until (1) respondent files a Certificate of Registration for the 2005/2007 attorney registration biennium and all other biennia for which respondent has not registered, (2) respondent pays all applicable registration fees, (3) respondent pays a $200 reinstatement fee, (4) respondent files an Application for Reinstatement on a form provided by the Attorney Registration/CLE Section, (5) and the Attorney Registration/CLE Section reinstates respondent to the practice of law.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall keep the Attorney Registration/CLE Section advised of any change of address where respondent may receive communications.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that service shall be deemed made on respondent by sending this order, and all other orders in this matter, by certified mail to the most recent address respondent has provided to the Attorney Registration/CLE Section.Attorney Number Attorney Name City, State
November 22, 2006 0080515 Polyxeny Angeliki Konandreas Charlotte NC March 7, 2007 Xi Scott Wang Chesapeake OH 0081002 March 21, 2007 Joseph Anthony Halabi Sacramento CA 81508 John Allen Saccoccia Columbus OH 81518