The Supreme Court of Ohio Attorney Services (CLE & Attorney Registration) Update

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

 

November 16, 2011

 

[Cite as 11/16/2011 Administrative Actions, 2011-Ohio-5890.]

 

On November 15, 2011, the Supreme Court issued orders suspending 67 attorneys for noncompliance with Gov. Bar R. VI, which requires attorneys to file a Certificate of Registration and pay applicable fees on or before September 1, 2011. The text of the entry imposing the suspension is reproduced below. This is followed by a list of the attorneys who were suspended. The list includes each attorney’s Attorney Registration Number.

          Because an attorney suspended pursuant to Gov. Bar R. VI can be reinstated immediately upon application, an attorney whose name appears below may have been reinstated prior to publication of this notice. Please contact the Office of Attorney Services at 614/387-9320 to determine the current status of an attorney whose name appears below.

 

In re Attorney Registration Suspension     :                  ORDER OF

[Attorney Name]                                        :                  SUSPENSION

          Respondent.                                               :            [Registration Number]

                                                                   :

 

          Gov.Bar R. VI(1)(A), requires attorneys admitted to the practice of law in Ohio to file a Certificate of Registration for the 2011/2013 attorney registration biennium on or before September 1, 2011. Gov.Bar R. VI(5)(A) establishes that an attorney who fails to file the Certificate of Registration on or before September 1, 2011, but pays within sixty days of the deadline, shall be assessed a late fee. Gov.Bar R.(5)(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 apparent noncompliance and that if the attorney fails to file evidence of compliance with Gov. Bar R. VI or to come into compliance within sixty days of the deadline, the attorney will be suspended from the practice of law.

          Respondent has not registered for the 2011/2013 attorney registration biennium on or before September 1, 2011, and has not filed evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or come into compliance with this rule within sixty days of the deadline.

          Upon consideration thereof and in accordance with Gov.Bar R. VI(5)(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.

          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 Certificates of Registration for all biennia for which respondent has not registered, (2) respondent pays all applicable registration fees, (3) respondent pays the reinstatement fee set forth in Gov.Bar R. VI(5)(D), (4) respondent files an Application for Reinstatement on a form provided by the Office of Attorney Services, and (5) the Office of Attorney Services reinstates respondent to the practice of law.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall keep the Office of Attorney Services 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 Office of Attorney Services.

 

Adams
74984	Michelle Wickerham
Ashtabula
18572	David Robert Irons
Butler
71711	Eric Steven French
Clark
7755	Eddie Lee Filhart
Clermont
11887	Steven Charles Gittinger
Crawford
21143	Regis Robert Jones
Cuyahoga
37713	Marva Jeane Bean
66870	Angela Thi Bennett
83703	Andrej Cuturic
64442	Susan Joy Greene
14281	David Stuart Inglis
29211	Wayne Lewis Kerek
62891	Catherine Kister
84725	Cassandra Marie Louie
83115	Alison Sue Memmer
5666	Daniel Joseph O'Loughlin
7715	Marc Dean Rothenberg
46641	Gary Alan Weiss
Franklin
84038	Samuel Morgan Adams
61263	Christopher Eric Barley
1060	Charles Edward Franklin
81678	Nicholas W Gardner
59574	David Karl Householder
69099	Kyle Lee Hunter
40765	Raymond Thomas Lee, III
66471	Charles William McGowan
56283	Jaimee Lynn Touris
64524	Trent Reynard Turner
76771	Matthew Edward Ulrich
81002	Xi Scott Wang
75294	Michael David Winston
Hamilton
75744	Jason Richard Hennekes
Holmes
3239	Robert Bruce Hines, II
Knox
5005	Steven Richwill Hughes
Lucas
40791	Joseph Harold Loeffler
64019	Kristin Ann Stahlbush
Madison
66213	Debra Jo Flowers
Mahoning
77089	Michael Vincent Sciortino
Montgomery
67123	Michael Raouf Botros
86547	Brendan Liam Flannery
113	Solomon Max Fulero
Portage
10252	Gary Lee Sadler
Stark
80137	Jackquelyn Strickland
Summit
2940	Timothy Michael Kuhman
80222	Jonathan Christian O'Donnell
30214	Rebecca Parms
82480	Joshua David Richards
42185	Carl Robert Wagenknecht, Jr.
Vinton
10606	Warren John Lotz
63806	David John Winkelmann
Warren
24092	Jo Blackburn Karasek
Wood
29005	Dwight Daniel Heisler
California
84772	Michael David Didszun
District of Columbia
82605	LaDavia Shenise Hatcher
Florida
30713	Barton Miles London
Georgia
70661	Gregory Baron Koreness
14630	David Lloyd Sellers
Illinois
25384	Vickie L. Jackson Whitfield
Indiana
61385	John Michael Vasuta
Kentucky
83047	Bradley Gregory Braun
56005	Matthew Joseph Rumpke
Maryland
33011	Kenneth Robert Alford
1290	Jeffrey Jay Baker
Michigan
18635	Hazel Ann Hall
New York
74042	Chipper Felix Xavier
Pennsylvania
67916	Mark Edward Moulton
West Virginia
64532	Jeffrey Guy Harris