The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct recently filed 14 disciplinary-case reports with the Ohio Supreme Court, including 12 reports recommending discipline for attorneys charged with professional misconduct. Two additional reports recommended the reinstatement of suspended lawyers to the practice of law.

The parties in each case will have an opportunity to file objections to the board’s report and recommendation with the Supreme Court. If objections are filed, the case will be scheduled for oral argument. No oral argument is scheduled in reinstatement proceedings and objections are not permitted in a case submitted upon consideration of a consent-to-discipline agreement.

Additional information about each case, including the report and recommendation, is linked via the case numbers listed below. Contact the Supreme Court’s Office of Public Information at 614.387.9250 for questions on pending cases.

Cuyahoga County

Disciplinary Counsel v. Guy Darius Rutherford
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-0010
Recommended sanction: Disbarment

Cleveland Metro Bar Association v. Sam Thomas III
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1730
Recommended sanction: One-year suspension, stayed

Cleveland Metro Bar Association v. Steven Jerome Moody
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1738
Recommended sanction: Indefinite suspension

Disciplinary Counsel v. Howard Evan Skolnick
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1735
Recommended sanction: Six-month suspension, stayed

Franklin County

Disciplinary Counsel v. Gerald Thomas Noel Jr.
Supreme Court Case No. 2012-0656
Recommendation: Grant reinstatement to the practice of law

Columbus Bar Association v. Neal Hall Magee
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1737
Recommended sanction: Disbarment

Columbus Bar Association v. Bradley Dennis Keating
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1740
Recommended sanction: Six-month suspension, stayed

Columbus Bar Association v. David Paul Rieser
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1741
Recommended sanction: Indefinite suspension

Guernsey County

Disciplinary Counsel v. Brian William Benbow
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1734
Recommended sanction: Two-year suspension, one year stayed

Hamilton County

Disciplinary Counsel v. Gregory Alan Cohen
Supreme Court Case No. 2014-1740
Recommendation: Grant reinstatement to the practice of law

Mahoning County

Mahoning County Bar Association v. Charles Gary Mickens
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1726
Recommended sanction: Six-month suspension, stayed

Mahoning County Bar Association v. John A. McNally IV
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1743
Recommended sanction: Public reprimand

Montgomery County

Dayton Bar Association v. Clinton Ralph Wilcoxson II
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-0663
Recommended sanction: Six-month suspension, stayed

Summit County

Akron Bar Association v. Jon David Tucker
Supreme Court Case No. 2017-1739
Recommended sanction: Six-month suspension, stayed