¶1CONTINUING-LEGAL-EDUCATION MATTERS
¶2Gov.Bar R. X(3) requires all attorneys admitted to the practice of law in Ohio and each attorney registered for corporate status pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI to complete at least 24 hours of continuing legal education ("CLE"), including two and a half hours related to professional conduct, for each two-year compliance period. Gov.Bar R. X(4) requires attorneys whose last names begin with a letter from A through L to complete the CLE requirements of Gov.Bar R. X on or before December 31 of each odd-numbered year. Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A) provides that an attorney or judge who fails to comply timely with the applicable requirements of Gov.Bar R. X or Gov.Jud.R. IV but does so within 90 days of the December 31 deadline shall be assessed a late fee in accordance with CLE Reg. 503. Gov.Bar R. X(18)(B) provides that an attorney or judge who fails to comply with the applicable requirements of Gov.Bar R. X or Gov.Jud.R. IV shall be notified of noncompliance by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and that unless the attorney or judge comes into compliance or files evidence of compliance that is satisfactory to the commission on or before the date set forth in the notice, the commission shall issue an order imposing a sanction authorized by Gov.Bar R. X(17) and consistent with CLE Reg. 503.
¶3On December 14, 2018, the commission sanctioned 248 attorneys for noncompliance with the provisions of Gov.Bar R. X. The following attorneys were issued a monetary sanction for not completing the educational hours required by Gov.Bar R. X(3) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A). The sanction amount displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
¶4 Name
¶5 Attorney Number
¶6 State
¶7 Amount
¶9 Allen
¶10 OH
¶11 Ashland
¶12 OH
¶13 Belmont
¶14 OH
¶15 Brown
¶16 OH
¶17 OH
¶19 OH
¶20 OH
¶22 OH
¶23 OH
¶24 Clermont
¶25 OH
¶26 Clermont
¶27 OH
¶28 OH
¶30 OH
¶31 OH
¶33 OH
¶34 OH
¶36 OH
¶38 Stanley Bennett
¶39 OH
¶41 OH
¶42 OH
¶43 OH
¶44 OH
¶45 OH
¶46 OH
¶48 OH
¶49 OH
¶50 OH
¶51 OH
¶53 OH
¶54 OH
¶55 OH
¶56 OH
¶58 OH
¶59 OH
¶60 OH
¶62 OH
¶63 OH
¶64 OH
¶66 OH
¶68 OH
¶69 OH
¶70 OH
¶71 OH
¶72 OH
¶73 OH
¶74 OH
¶75 OH
¶76 OH
¶77 OH
¶79 OH
¶80 OH
¶81 OH
¶82 Delaware
¶83 OH
¶84 Delaware
¶85 OH
¶87 Delaware
¶88 OH
¶89 Erie
¶90 OH
¶91 Erie
¶92 OH
¶93 Fairfield
¶94 OH
¶95 Franklin
¶96 OH
¶98 Franklin
¶99 OH
¶100 Franklin
¶101 OH
¶102 Franklin
¶103 OH
¶104 Franklin
¶105 OH
¶106 Franklin
¶107 OH
¶108 Franklin
¶109 OH
¶111 Franklin
¶112 OH
¶113 Franklin
¶114 OH
¶115 Franklin
¶116 OH
¶117 Franklin
¶118 OH
¶119 Franklin
¶120 OH
¶121 Franklin
¶122 OH
¶123 Franklin
¶124 OH
¶125 Franklin
¶126 OH
¶127 Franklin
¶128 OH
¶129 Franklin
¶130 OH
¶131 Franklin
¶132 OH
¶133 Franklin
¶134 OH
¶135 Franklin
¶136 OH
¶137 Franklin
¶138 OH
¶139 Franklin
¶140 OH
¶141 Franklin
¶142 OH
¶143 Franklin
¶144 OH
¶145 Franklin
¶146 OH
¶148 Franklin
¶149 OH
¶150 Franklin
¶151 OH
¶152 Franklin
¶153 OH
¶154 Franklin
¶155 OH
¶156 Franklin
¶157 OH
¶158 Franklin
¶159 OH
¶160 Franklin
¶161 OH
¶162 Franklin
¶163 OH
¶164 OH
¶165 OH
¶167 OH
¶169 OH
¶170 OH
¶171 OH
¶173 OH
¶174 OH
¶176 OH
¶178 OH
¶179 OH
¶180 OH
¶181 OH
¶182 OH
¶183 OH
¶184 OH
¶185 Hocking
¶186 OH
¶187 Lake
¶188 OH
¶190 Lake
¶191 OH
¶192 Lake
¶193 OH
¶194 Lake
¶195 OH
¶197 Lake
¶198 OH
¶199 OH
¶200 OH
¶201 OH
¶202 OH
¶204 Mahoning
¶205 OH
¶207 Mahoning
¶208 OH
¶209 Medina
¶210 OH
¶211 Montgomery
¶212 OH
¶214 Montgomery
¶215 OH
¶216 Montgomery
¶217 OH
¶218 Montgomery
¶219 OH
¶220 Montgomery
¶221 OH
¶222 Gregory Patrick Garner
¶223 Montgomery
¶224 OH
¶226 Montgomery
¶227 OH
¶228 Ottawa
¶229 OH
¶231 Ottawa
¶232 OH
¶233 Errol Anthony Can
¶234 Portage
¶235 OH
¶237 Portage
¶238 OH
¶239 Portage
¶240 OH
¶241 Seneca
¶242 OH
¶243 Stark
¶244 OH
¶246 Summit
¶247 OH
¶249 Summit
¶250 OH
¶251 Summit
¶252 OH
¶254 Summit
¶255 OH
¶256 Summit
¶257 OH
¶259 Summit
¶260 OH
¶262 Summit
¶263 OH
¶265 Summit
¶266 OH
¶268 Summit
¶269 OH
¶271 Summit
¶272 OH
¶274 Trumbull
¶275 OH
¶276 Trumbull
¶277 OH
¶278 OH
¶280 OH
¶282 Andrew Paul George
¶283 OH
¶284 AZ
¶285 CO
¶286 CO
¶287 CO
¶288 DC
¶289 DC
¶291 GA
¶292 IL
¶294 IN
¶298 MI
¶299 MI
¶300 MI
¶301 MI
¶303 MI
¶305 MI
¶306 MI
¶307 MI
¶308 MI
¶309 NC
¶310 NC
¶311 NM
¶313 NV
¶314 NY
¶315 NY
¶316 NY
¶317 NY
¶318 Adam Grant Anderson
¶319 PA
¶320 PA
¶321 PA
¶322 PA
¶323 PA
¶324 PA
¶325 PA
¶326 PA
¶327 SC
¶328 SC
¶330 TN
¶332 TX
¶333 TX
¶334 TX
¶335 TX
¶336 UT
¶337 WV
¶338 WV
¶339On December 14, 2018, the Commission on Continuing Legal Education issued orders imposing monetary sanctions and suspending 39 attorneys for noncompliance with the provisions of Gov.Bar R. X. The following attorneys were sanctioned and suspended for not completing the educational hours required by Gov.Bar R. X(3) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A). The attorneys were also out of compliance with Gov.Bar R. X for the 2014 and 2016 compliance periods. The sanction amount as displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
¶340 Name
¶341 Attorney Number
¶342 State
¶343 Amount
¶344 OH
¶345 OH
¶346 Delaware
¶347 OH
¶348 Lorain
¶349 OH
¶351 Montgomery
¶352 OH
¶354The following attorneys were sanctioned and suspended for not completing the hours required by Gov.Bar R. X(3) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A).
¶355The attorneys also have not paid prior commission-ordered sanctions issued for noncompliance in the 2016 compliance period. The sanction amount as displayed in the last column is based on the number and the type of hour deficiency.
¶356 Name
¶357 Attorney Number
¶358 State
¶359 Amount
¶360 OH
¶361 OH
¶362 OH
¶363 OH
¶364 OH
¶366 OH
¶367 Franklin
¶368 OH
¶370 Mark John Barrett
¶371 Franklin
¶372 OH
¶373 Franklin
¶374 OH
¶375 Franklin
¶376 OH
¶377 OH
¶378 OH
¶379 Licking
¶380 OH
¶381 Licking
¶382 OH
¶383 OH
¶385 Norman George
¶386 Montgomery
¶387 OH
¶388 Montgomery
¶389 OH
¶390 Montgomery
¶391 OH
¶392 OH
¶393 Stark
¶394 OH
¶395 Summit
¶396 OH
¶397 Summit
¶398 OH
¶399 Summit
¶400 OH
¶401 Trumbull
¶402 OH
¶403 AZ
¶404 IA
¶405 NY
¶407 TX
¶409 TX
¶410Gov.Bar R. X(9)(A) and 14(A) require attorneys newly admitted to the practice of law in Ohio and attorneys newly registered for corporate status pursuant to Gov.Bar R. VI, during their first biennial compliance period, to complete at least 12 hours of new-lawyers-training instruction, including one hour each of professionalism, law-office management, and client-fund management, and nine hours of instruction in one or more substantive-law topics that focus on handling legal matters in specific practice areas. Gov.Bar R. X(4) requires attorneys whose last names begin with a letter from M through Z to comply with the requirements of Gov.Bar R. X on or before December 31 of even-numbered years. Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A) provides that an attorney or judge who fails to comply timely with the applicable requirements of Gov.Bar R. X or Gov.Jud.R. IV but does so within 90 days of the December 31 deadline shall be assessed a late-compliance fee, as established by the commission. Gov.Bar R. X(18)(B) provides that an attorney or judge who fails to comply with the applicable requirements of Gov.Bar R. X or Gov.Jud.R. IV shall be notified of noncompliance by the commission and that unless the attorney or judge comes into compliance or files evidence of compliance that is satisfactory to the commission on or before the date set forth in the notice, the commission shall issue an order imposing a sanction authorized by Gov.Bar R. X(17) and consistent with CLE Reg. 503.
¶411The following attorneys were sanctioned and suspended for not completing the new-lawyers-training requirement as required by Gov.Bar R. X(9)(A) and (14)(A) and not filing evidence of compliance or coming into compliance as required by Gov.Bar R. X(18)(A).
¶412 Name
¶413 Attorney Number
¶414 State
¶415 OH
¶416 Franklin
¶417 OH