Covington Attorney Indefinitely Suspended
2009-0042. Cincinnati Bar Assn. v. Emerson, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-2883.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 07-066. Eric Lamar Emerson, Attorney Registration No. 0072916, is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-2883.pdf 
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(June 25, 2009) Eric Lamar Emerson, who resides in Covington, Kentucky and is licensed as an attorney in both Kentucky and Ohio, has been indefinitely suspended from practice in this state for neglecting legal matters entrusted to him by several different clients, failing to refund or properly account for fee advances he accepted from some of those clients, and failing to cooperate with disciplinary authorities investigating the client grievances filed against him.
In March, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ohio imposed two separate suspensions totaling 242 days against Emerson’s Ohio license in reciprocity with disciplinary sanctions imposed against him by the Supreme Court of Kentucky for separate acts of misconduct.
In today’s decision, the Court adopted findings by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline that, in his dealings with Ohio clients, Emerson had violated multiple state attorney discipline rules including those that prohibit neglect of an entrusted legal matter, failure to carry out a an employment contract, intentional failure to seek the lawful objectives of a client, disregarding a court order, causing damage or prejudice to a client and failing to maintain complete records of clients funds in an attorney’s possession. The court also found multiple violations of the state bar governance rule that requires attorneys to cooperate with disciplinary authorities in the investigation of alleged professional misconduct.
Contacts
Robert J. Gehring, 513.784.1525, for the Cincinnati Bar Associatio.
John J. Williams, 513.621.0930, for Eric L. Emerson.