217 N.E.2d 225
D.D. No. 74Supreme Court of Ohio.
Decided May 25, 1966.
Attorneys at law — Misconduct — Trust property — Punctuality — Violation of Canons of Professional Ethics — Acts warranting suspension.
ON CERTIFIED REPORT by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline.
The relator, the Cleveland Bar Association, filed a complaint against the respondent, Joseph J. Ogrin, charging him with misconduct as an attorney at law.
The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found that respondent failed to account to a client for installment payments of support money which he collected for the client; that he received money from a client for the purpose of commencing bankruptcy proceedings which he failed to commence after many requests made by the client and also failed, after request, to return the money paid by the client; that respondent was engaged by another to commence bankruptcy proceedings and received money from the client but, although requested many times to commence such proceedings, failed to do so until after the client’s wages were subjected to garnishment proceedings; and that he failed to keep appointments with clients.
In view of the foregoing, the board found that respondent was guilty of misconduct as defined in Section 5(a) of Rule XVIII of the Rules of Practice of the Supreme Court, in that he violated Canons 11 and 21 of the Canons of Professional Ethics, and recommended that respondent be suspended for an indefinite period from the practice of law.
The matter is now before this court for consideration of the report of the board and the objections of respondent.
Mr. Thomas O. Murphy, for relator.
Mr. Joseph J. Ogrin, in propria persona.
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Per Curiam.
The findings of the board are supported by the evidence, and its recommendation is warranted. Therefore, the report of the board is confirmed and judgment is rendered suspending respondent indefinitely from the practice of law.
Report confirmed and judgment accordingly.
TAFT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, MATTHIAS, O’NEILL, HERBERT, SCHNEIDER and BROWN, JJ., concur.