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Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 New Attorneys to be Admitted to the Bar in Ceremony at Ohio Theatre Monday Victims of Attorney Theft Received Nearly $700,000 in Fiscal Year 2009 Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 Korean Judicial Delegation to Visit Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 Voters Elected 47 Municipal Court Judges Tuesday 233 Attorneys Have Ohio Law License Suspended for Failing to Register with Supreme Court Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 Course Examines Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Custody Cases Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 Attorney Services Fund Releases 2009 Annual Report |
In Fiscal Year 2009, the Clients’ Security Fund of Ohio awarded nearly $700,000 for 111 claims of attorney theft. 
In Fiscal Year 2009, more than $7 million was dedicated to the attorney discipline process, to reimburse clients of dishonest attorneys, to assist organizations who provide legal services for the poor and to aid lawyers that are suffering from alcoholism, substance abuse or mental illness, according to a report released today. 
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Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 In Disciplinary Counsel v. Walker, the Court reinstated attorney Donald Lewis Walker to the practice of law and imposed probation. Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 In State v. Roberts, the Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and ordered the immediate release of the appellant from custody. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 The Court granted motions in State v. Beuke and State v. Nields to set execution dates in May and June next year. In addition, the Court issued 14 other motion and procedural rulings and four merit decisions without opinions, agreed to hear eight cases, declined to hear 71 cases and denied motions to reconsider 14 cases. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 The Court ordered parties in State ex rel. Doner v. Logan to submit proposed schedules to govern discovery and the presentation of evidence in this case within seven days. In addition, the Court issued one additional motion and procedural ruling, ruled in two disciplinary cases, dismissed two cases, and referred eight cases to mediation and returned one case from mediation to the regular docket. The Court denied motions by amici curiae The Justice for Children Project et al. to realign as neutral amici and to participate in the Nov. 4 oral argument in In re Smith. Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 The Court granted relator’s motion in Columbus Bar Assn. v. Chasser to withdraw its objections to the final report filed by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline and to waive oral argument. In addition, the Court struck relator’s reply brief in State ex rel. Brown v. Lemmerman because it was filed late. The Court also released the official citations of 16 cases that were previously announced in slip opinion form. The Court denied writs of mandamus and prohibition in State ex re. Tremmel v. Erie Cty. Bd. of Elections. The Court also denied a corrected joint motion for procedural stay in Ohio Consumers’ Counsel v. Pub. Util. Comm. |
