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OH: Lawyer suspended for padding bills in appointed cases

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

An Ohio appointed criminal lawyer was suspended for overbilling and double billing. Toledo Bar Assn. v. Stahlbush, 2010-Ohio-3823 (No. 2010-0032, August 24, 2010): {¶ 3} On the third day of the hearing before a panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, the parties submitted stipulations that the respondent had billed the county for 3451.4 hours for appointed-counsel services in 2006, that a portion of the time she billed was false and fraudulent, and that her conduct violated DR 1-102(A)(4), 1-102(A)(5), 1-102(A)(6), and 2-106(A). The panel accepted these stipulations and found that in addition to billing more than 24 hours in a day, respondent’s submissions to the court also aver that she worked 14 to 24 hours on numerous occasions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 25, 2010 (boomark / email).