Ohio Supreme Court, 1994

Akron Bar Ass'n v. Brustoski

Akron Bar Ass'n v. Brustoski
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided March 23, 1994 · Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney, Wright
68 Ohio St. 3d 451; 628 N.E.2d 1334

Akron Bar Ass'n v. Brustoski

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

We concur with the board’s findings of fact, but find disbarment to be the appropriate disciplinary action. For over one year, respondent abused his positions as a trusted former employee, an attorney, and an officer of the court to commit felonies. Respondent’s offenses disrupted the orderly adminis*453tration of justice and warranted actual incarceration in prison for at least three years. Accordingly, respondent is hereby permanently disbarred from the practice of law in Ohio. Costs taxed to respondent.

Judgment accordingly.

Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur. A.W. Sweeney, Douglas and Wright, JJ., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

Douglas, J.,

dissenting. The relator, Akron Bar Association, the three-person panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline and the .board itself all recommended indefinite suspension of respondent. I would adopt their recommendation and, therefore, I respectfully dissent.

A.W. Sweeney and Wright, JJ., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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