Youngstown Attorney’s License Indefinitely Suspended
2009-1541. Mahoning Cty. Bar Assn. v. Theisler, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1472.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 05-012. Charles W. Theisler, Attorney Registration No. 0062582, is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio without credit for time served under the interim suspension imposed on October 27, 2005.
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/0/2010/2010-Ohio-1472.pdf 
(April 8, 2010) The Supreme Court of Ohio today indefinitely suspended the license of Youngstown attorney Charles W. Theisler based on conduct that resulted in his convictions on 98 felony counts that included aggravated trafficking in drugs, illegal processing of drug documents and practicing medicine or surgery without a certificate. Those offenses were committed in the course of Theisler’s employment as a “medical assistant” at a Youngstown medical practice identified as Pain Management Associates.
Theisler, whose law license has been under an interim suspension since his felony convictions were reported to the Court in October 2005, had been a licensed chiropractor for 20 years prior to his admission as an attorney in 1993. He graduated from a foreign medical school in 1998, but did not complete the United States Medical Licensing Examinations, and therefore was never licensed as a physician.
In its 7-0 per curiam decision, the Court adopted findings by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline that in writing hundreds of prescriptions for pain medications on a doctor’s pre-signed blank prescription pad for customers of Pain Management Associates, Theisler violated the state attorney discipline rules that prohibit conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, and conduct that adversely reflects on an attorney’s fitness to practice law.
In imposing an indefinite suspension as the appropriate sanction for those violations, the Court adopted the board’s recommendation that Theisler receive no credit for the time his license has been under an interim suspension. As a result, Theisler will not be eligible to apply for reinstatement of his license until April 2012.
Contacts
Ronald E. Slipski, 330.797.0086, for the Mahoning County Bar Association.
John B. Juhasz Jr., 330.758.7700, for Charles W. Theisler.
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