2007-Ohio-6441, 2007-Ohio-6463
State ex rel. Angelo Benedetti, Inc. v. Indus. Comm. No. 2007-0619.Supreme Court of Ohio.
December 4, 2007.
MOTION AND PROCEDURAL RULINGS
Franklin App. No. 06AP-165.
This cause is pending before the court as an appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County. Upon consideration of the joint motion to refer this case back to mediation,
It is ordered by the court that this motion is granted.
The court refers this case to mediation under S.Ct.Prac. R. XIV(6) and stays the briefing schedule for this case until further notice.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
On December 3, 2007, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued orders suspending 345 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, 2007. 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, by county, each attorney’s Attorney Registration Number.
Because an attorney suspended pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VIcan be reinstated upon application, an attorney whose nameappears below may have been reinstated prior to publication ofthis
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notice. Please contact the Office of Attorney Servicesat 614-387-9320 to determine the current status of an attorneywhose name appears below.
In re Attorney Registration Suspension [Attorney Name] Respondent.
ORDER OF SUSPENSION [Registration Number]
Gov.Bar R. VI(1)(A) requires all attorneys admitted to the practice of law in Ohio to file a Certificate of Registration for the 2007/2009 attorney registration biennium on or before September 1, 2007. Section 5(A) establishes that an attorney who fails to file the Certificate of Registration on or before September 1, 2007, but pays within ninety days of the deadline, shall be assessed a late fee. Section 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 noncompliance and that if the attorney fails to file evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or to come into compliance within ninety days of the deadline, the attorney will be suspended from the practice of law.
Respondent has not registered for the 2007/2009 attorney registration biennium on or before September 1, 2007, and has not filed evidence of compliance with Gov.Bar R. VI or come into compliance with this rule within ninety 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(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 Certificates of Registration for all biennia for which respondent has not registered; (2) respondent pays all applicable registration fees; (3) respondent pays a $300 reinstatement fee; (4) respondent files an Application for Reinstatement on a form provided by the Office of Attorney Services; (5) and 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.
The following attorneys Were mailed the above suspension order pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI:
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Ohio Attorneys Ashland
0012040 Robert Wilson Lett
0012009 Sam Jerome Lett
Athens
0007110 Timothy Jay Foran
Butler
0073958 Damon Lee Halverson
0055393 John Maurice Holcomb
0040872 Karan Marie Horan
0043837 Nellie Ruth Pollard
0031456 Theodore Repper, Jr.
Carroll
0069256 Christine Lynn Falconer
Champaign
0033674 George Zane Pappas
Clark
0081226 Brett Anthony Rinehart
0077385 Sherry Lee Tyree
Clermont
0077392 Charles Edward Green
0038632 Sherrill Patricia Hondorf
0081789 Jesse Brian Kramig
Columbiana
0067159 Marian Delores Davidson
0063000 Richard Vincent Hoppel
Cuyahoga
0040546 Carol Beth Adelstein
0037145 Louis Steven Adelstein
0064432 Jennifer Joy Afrates
0025737 Frank Henry Andorka
0079468 Rami Majed Awadallah
0081299 Jeffrey Brett Bacon
0031033 Jerome Sharpe Berkeley
0066892 Steven Kent Birch
0030076 Theodore Andrew Breznai
0074086 Brian Jeffrey Butler
0011099 Donald Andrew Calderone
0065882 George Henry Christhilf
0006961 Joseph Jeffrey Church
0041495 Marion Neal Cox
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0069174 Lisa M. Crimaldi
0029972 Dwight Edwin Davis
0067272 Jillian Spence Davis
0022944 Michael John Downing
0022284 Martin Wayne Elson
0031629 Constance Gaynell Farmer
0081192 Eric Shawn Faulkner
0005988 Edward Joseph Flanagan
0025628 Steven Alan Freedman
0031512 John Anthony Frenden
0079547 Alan Mitchell Fried
0073274 Michelle Marie Gerred
0038051 Willie Louis Griffin
0069033 Ivan Lemuel Henderson
0033009 James Albert Hofelich
0077701 Lyle Anthony Hollowell
0029342 William Johnson Hyde
0069298 Timothy John Jarabek
0071631 Aziza Dalila Jimerson
0017747 Kevin Charles Johnson
0063661 Susan Lynn Joplin
0055624 Marilyn Stacy Kabb
0069159 Sean Michael Kenneally
0021942 David Patrick Kilian
0030073 Douglas Allen King, Sr.
0013377 Joan Allyn Kodish
0065511 Geoffrey Raines Lamb
0021769 Anne Macmillan Landefeld
0020578 Pamela Sue Landy
0003792 Ronald James Lang
0032728 Verna Jo Lanham
0059531 Michelle Marie Lippert
0039877 Julie Robin Luft
0070128 Alicia M. Lytle
0072793 Brian Allan Maciak
0034632 Christopher James McCauley
0078980 Patricia Westbrook McKay
0033842 Thomas George McNally
0058594 Scott Michael Mendes
0075573 Kara Conway Moore
0080371 Judson Alan Oswald
0037367 George John Papandreas
0016743 Jeffrey Wayne Pederson
0021345 Cindy Virginia Peters
0017289 John George Peto
0074601 Cynthia Krips Port
0069270 Frank Anthony Raso
0016258 Daniel Joseph Rehor
0023382 Ramie Ann Resnick
0068211 Melinda Lois Reynolds
0063722 Alan Scott Ritchie
0066032 Guy Darius Rutherford
0002048 Raymond Terry Sawyer, III
0032560 Thomas Schmelzer
0081282 Mary Mignonne Schwebach
0061284 Rene’ Darlene Smith
0032226 Marvin Sorin
0012657 Robert Stuart Spector
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0038110 Michael Robert Spreng
0074881 Devon Antonio Stanley
0014539 Patricia Ann Stealey
0081216 Jay Christian Stiffler
0021686 Harold Duane Switzer
0012046 Michael Paul Varga-Sinka
0062235 Jeffrey James Weber
0011669 Robert Raymond Weller
0024137 Walter Reinold Wertheim
0025068 Victor Wertheimer
0016608 John Daniel Wheeler
0030244 Wendy Irene Wills
0037837 David Michael Wise
0074042 Chipper Felix Xavier Delaware
0013780 John Allan Van Sickle
Erie
0031438 Helen Barbara Thompson
Franklin
0076927 Yelena Yevgenievna Antipova
0062052 Larry Lee Arwood
0077851 Kirsten Lindquist Bartholomew
0067935 Kenneth Raymond Besser
0077043 Nivita Bhalla
0001899 John Wesley Bowen
0076930 Amanda Marie Burnett
0064980 Daniel Robert Caruso
0069148 Laura Lynn Drake
0021220 Elliott Phillip Geller
0064873 Christopher Gino Gueli
0069111 Michael Jeffrey Hayes
0072726 Maurice Martin Henderson, III
0029773 Trina DuVon Hennis
0002492 Thomas L. Kaplin, Jr.
0040608 Brendan William Kelley
0031024 Andrea Mote Kelsey
0074029 Christopher Lee Killion
0004945 Dean George Kissos
0015046 Francis Thomas Kremblas, Jr.
0040765 Raymond Thomas Lee, III
0079234 David Henry Mylander
0072956 Jephtha J. Paul
0061318 Jeffrey Charles Pettys
0015100 Donald Howard Pontius
0072370 Simon Arthur Reeve
0071309 SaKeya MonCheree Stubbs
0014056 James Thomas Sullivan
0020169 Hayes Taylor
0081002 Xi Scott Wang
0080263 Jessica Lynn Weber
0079037 Shannon Stevenson West
0074402 Donald Ross Weyls
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Gallia 0029906 John Robert Lentes
Geauga
0073509 Robert S. Chaloupka
0005236 Raymond Joseph Durn
0056287 Mary Elizabeth Webster
Greene
0030940 Raymond Charles Hieber
Guernsey
0025379 Stamatios Leo Raptis
Hamilton
0074724 Janda’ Monique Carter
0070660 Jeanne Marie Cors
0063592 Erin Alane Dickie
0011492 Drake William Ebner
0024004 Peter Scott Edgar
0071711 Eric Steven French
0079569 Daniel Jason Greenberg
0077050 Patrick Garold Johnson
0037678 Gregory Allen Keyser
0038464 Charles Nicholas Khoury
0042468 Kenneth Levon Lawson
0078327 Pamela Marshall
0056257 Kathleen Ann Martin
0030799 Penelope McCabe
0010070 William Fritz Meyer
0038689 Nancy Sarah Patton
0034584 Michael David Rice
0052744 Ayana Lavette Sloan
0009372 Leonard Doering Slutz
0074741 Sarah Koenig Stahl
0072803 David Shawn Sullivan
0018252 Richard Stephen Trautmann
0042225 Jon Alan Trimboli
0032785 Joseph Howard Vahlsing
0070574 Edwin Lowe Vardiman, Jr.
0072110 Robert Louis Zins
Hardin
0059802 Cristyn Gay Reynolds
Jefferson
0034132 Nigol Stephen Nigolian
Lake
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0061310 Eric Macomber Drake
0062017 Gulam Amjad Khan
0068779 Charles Andrew Rich
0022478 Patrick Thomas Ryan
0065965 Mark Michael Simonelli
0006612 Joseph Richard Ulrich Licking
0073608 John Michael Nicks
0063194 Carma Ruth Pausch
Lorain
0025139 Mark Paul Altieri
0006806 Jay Bossard Ellis
0064444 Nancy M. Kasicki
Lucas
0042316 Gerald Alexander Baker
0006204 Darlene Jeanne Dunn
0076884 Patrick Scott Mason
0015072 Thomas Anthony Meehan
0059691 Jeffrey Paul Nunnari
0018511 Darrell Vernon Van Horn, Jr.
Madison
0042617 Pamela Irene Theodotou
0021213 Monte Carl White
Mahoning
0004922 Dale Elmer Bricker
0029166 Je’Anne Debra Longenhagen
0062582 Charles Walter Theisler
0074723 Daniel Dennis Ujczo
Medina
0064173 Betty Jo Messer
0023576 Julien Conrad Renswick
Miami
0076672 Asmina Ikramuddin
0009510 William Weigl
Montgomery
0080470 Joseph Clayton Borland
0070109 Steven Larry Brewer
0007169 Patrick Gene Carney
0032039 Robert Wesley Jones
0019469 David Henry Kennett
0029185 David Harold Landon
0008564 Michael Duane Matlock
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0061811 Robin Foley Miller
0063869 Frederick Focke Mischler
0037382 Michael Francis O’Loughlin
0064426 Darlene Sue Rea
0066118 Richard Bernard Reiling
0025554 Deborah Cecilia Schram
0061381 Scott Tracy Stirling
0020082 Kathryn Sonderman Wald Ottawa
0078590 Michael D. Slates
0062145 Dean Edward Weaver
Pickaway
0001498 Bernard Perin Wilburn
Portage
0063010 Sharon M. Minson
0073433 Michael Francis Rozmajzl
Richland
0077597 Sondra Rochelle Fish
Ross
0052217 Katherine Hine
0042713 Patricia Jane Lamphear
Seneca
0025314 Leticia Gerardine Patino
Stark
0071027 Jason Matthew Baasten
0019266 Paul Raymond Reiners
0012011 Alton Lloyd Rinier
0018566 Michael Scott Russell
Summit
0022173 Abdoul Rahim Abdoulkarim
0066016 Pauline Remenyi Aydin
0062986 Cornell Phillip Carter
0076036 Elizabeth Anne Dobbins
0025123 Robert M. Fowler
0031733 James Joseph Gill
0029035 Charles William Goodlet, Jr.
0062185 Thomas Grist
0064159 John John Henges
0015552 William Edward Howard, Jr.
0023537 Edward Casmier Kaminski
0045556 David Gessler Lombardi
0013530 Monte Eugene Mack
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0047211 Sidney Gene Nelson, Jr.
0014387 Barbara Mary Vassel
0066021 Harry Johann Wittbrod
0077529 Leigh Anne Young Trumbull
0067334 Victor Chester Hull
0037182 Michael Philip O’Day
0005525 Kenneth Norman Shaw
0010804 Ralph Angelo Zuzolo
Tuscarawas
0073339 Ann A. Whaley
Vinton
0031040 John Gregory Gosling
Warren
0064572 James Joseph Barone
0067838 Bernard Sanford Marshall, Jr.
0076631 Kimberly Ann Reynolds
0037659 Ricardo Ruben Sanz
Wood
0007489 Lynn Martin Ward
Wyandot
0007578 Forrest Hayman Bacon
Out of State Attorneys
Arizona
0070376 Jennifer Suzanne Browning
0029049 Terrence Francis Lenick
0039501 Jon Scott Musial
0051970 John Stanley Wolanin
California
0069254 Douglas MacMillan Borthwick
0009897 Lloyd Gaylord Copenbarger
0068708 Lisa Dianne Jobe
0064704 Susan Guggenheim Lowenstam
0051406 Kathleen Prouty Polster
0075156 Stacey Reid
0030810 Kathryn Frances Shen
District of Columbia
0073010 Chandran B. Iyer
0077286 Jennifer Marie Peter
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0071909 Jennifer Ann Suprenant
0076968 Christopher John Wrobel Florida
0043274 Don Leslie Brown
0040937 David Alexander Bruscino
0017955 Susan Leslie Dolin
0010603 Thomas Terry Schell
0070044 Caroline Wei Berk
Georgia
0055163 Eric Kenneth Jackson
0076980 Justin Scott Rerko
Iowa
0043824 Edward Jay Berkson
Illinois
0070047 Marc David Browning
0069861 Daniel Francis Cullen
0070258 Bryan Yoneo Funai
0012535 Deidra Dixon Gold
0027828 Edward Joseph Momkus
0033630 Joel Warren Rice
Indiana
0040050 David Leonard Ahrendt
0055766 Edward Patrick Benchik
Kentucky
0043520 John Peter Antony
0038002 C. David Baker
0065007 Andrew Klemens Banks
0066963 Sean Patrick DeVillers
0002971 Mae Louise Finkbeiner
0062619 Margo Luane Grubbs
0078249 Monica Jeanne Ibarra-Burke
Louisiana
0060094 Jeffrey Irving Mandel
Massachusetts
0014094 Fred Joseph Burkholder
0041323 Anthony Francis McKeown
Maryland
0069885 Paul Vincent Danielson
0080505 Fred Morris Lauer
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Michigan 0040185 Susan Elizabeth Bedsole
0080805 Chad J. Bieber
0078983 James Alister Bumbaugh
0006189 Lawrence Thomas Curtis
0001285 John Joseph Gasparovic
0073528 Jonathan Arpad Green
0061035 Harry Ingleson, II
0068656 John Patrick Lukes
0077401 Kimberley Paige Mitchell
0071714 Kenneth Jay Sachs
0031367 Gary Kan Sumihiro
0076879 Niesa Renee Trent
Missouri
0038833 Thomas Edward Berry, Jr.
0032319 Norman Seth Buckvar
0041475 Matthew James Zavac
North Carolina
0068877 Maureen Connolly Bolinger
0019478 William John Calore
0071641 J. Brett Davis
New Hampshire
0020362 David Charles Eisler
New Jersey
0066512 Patricia Jill Dailey
0033393 David William Norgard
0077159 Kelly Ann Tomblin
Nevada
0038618 John Charles Brice
0038139 Branislav Pandurevic
0020750 Cesare Albert Refe
New York
0074348 Benjamin Stuart Friedman
0063899 Saleem Nawaz Moghal
0041736 Joseph Allen Sims
Pennsylvania
0025880 Andrew Wilson Barbin
0080040 Michael Alan Doctrow
0005732 Paul Robert Giba
0067916 Mark Edward Moulton
0040176 Sharolyn Latrelle Murphy
0016235 Jefferson N. Schaffner
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Texas 0038145 Maxine Young Asmah
0032487 Austin Barton Campbell
0062834 Ted Bradford LaPorte
0047225 Laurence Kosin Ryan
Virginia
0065801 Mark Lloyd Belleville
0069275 Rachael Barrett Bralliar
0071583 Kaya Adelaide Ikuma
Washington
0047274 Ajili Hodari
West Virginia
0070471 Lora Lynn Maynard
0060070 Daniel Tomassetti
0052400 Roger Roy Weese
Out of Country Attorney
United Kingdom
0039292 James Byrne Varanese
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