The Ohio Supreme Court this week permanently disbarred a Lisbon attorney for her multiple acts of misconduct in probate matters. In a complaint filed by the Columbiana County Bar Association with the Board of Professional Conduct, Virginia Mary Barborak was alleged to have held funds belonging to probate estates in an interest-bearing trust account separate [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court permanently disbarred a Cleveland attorney after finding “a significant deficiency” in his “core ethical obligations of honesty, trustworthiness, diligence and reliability.” A 5-2 majority held in a per curiam opinion that numerous aggravating factors outweighed the few mitigating circumstances in the case of John Barry Frenden, who was admitted to the [...]
The Ohio Supreme Court permanently disbarred a Hubbard attorney who mismanaged client funds and participated in a scheme to hide a client’s marital assets. David Keith Roland of Trumbull County was charged in 2014 with multiple violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct by the county bar association. The Board of Professional Conduct adopted a [...]