Bar Ass'n v. Canales

Ohio Supreme Court

Bar Ass'n v. Canales

404 N.E.2d 750, 62 Ohio St. 2d 207, 16 Ohio Op. 3d 243, 1980 Ohio LEXIS 721

CourtOhio Supreme Court

DecidedMay 21, 1980

DocketD.D. No. 80-7

StatusPublished

Cited by1 cases

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Bar Ass'n v. Canales, 404 N.E.2d 750, 62 Ohio St. 2d 207, 16 Ohio Op. 3d 243, 1980 Ohio LEXIS 721 (Ohio 1980).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

“One of the fundamental tenets of the professional responsibility of a lawyer is that he should maintain a degree of personal and professional integrity that meets the highest standard. The integrity of the profession can be maintained only if the conduct of the individual attorney is above [209]*209reproach.***” Cleveland Bar Assn. v. Stein (1972), 29 Ohio St. 2d 77, 81.

Having reviewed the findings and recommendation of the board, it is found that respondent violated the above-cited provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility.

It is the judgment of this court that respondent be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law.

Judgment accordingly.

Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, P. Brown, Sweeney, Locher and Holmes, JJ., concur.

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