From left: Ohio Board of Professional Conduct Chairman David L. Dingwell and Vice Chairman Sanford E. Watson.

From left: Ohio Board of Professional Conduct Chairman David L. Dingwell and Vice Chairman Sanford E. Watson.

The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct announced the reelection of board Chairman David L. Dingwell and Vice Chairman Sanford E. Watson to serve in their positions again in 2018.

Dingwell was selected by the board to serve a second year as its chair in 2018. He has served on the Board of Professional Conduct since 2012, and recently was reappointed to his third, three-year term on the board. During his tenure, he has chaired and served on numerous hearing panels and chaired one of the board’s two probable-cause panels. Dingwell is a partner in the Canton firm of Tzangas, Plakas Mannos, where his practice focuses on litigation, probate and estate planning, and employment law.

He also is the founder of “Justice & Architecture: The Ohio Courthouse Project,” an online resource devoted to sharing photographs and information about Ohio courthouse architecture. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and the University of Akron Law School and was admitted to practice in Ohio in 1992.

Watson again was elected vice chair of the board for next year. He was appointed to the board in 2011, and chaired the Board Advisory Opinion Committee in 2015 and 2016. He is a partner with the Cleveland firm of Tucker Ellis, practicing in the areas of business litigation, products liability, and public law.

Watson previously served as chief prosecutor and director of public safety for the city of Cleveland and is a past president of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and the Georgetown University Law Center and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1988.