The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct today announced May disciplinary hearings involving attorneys and judges charged with professional misconduct. All hearings take place before a three-member panel of the board and are open to the public.

Unless otherwise noted, all hearings begin at 10 a.m. Hearings may be continued for good cause at any time. Contact the board’s office at 614.387.9370 to confirm that a hearing will be held as scheduled or for more information about a case. Additional case information, including case documents, can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on the case number below.

May 1-3
Disciplinary Counsel v. Michael Joseph Cheselka, Jr.
Case No. 2017-050
Respondent’s counsel:  Richard C. Alkire, Independence, and Robert V. Housel, Jr., Cleveland
Hearing Time/Location: 8:30 a.m.; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, One Cleveland Center, 1375 East Ninth Street, Cleveland

May 9-11
Disciplinary Counsel v. Timothy Raymond Dougherty and Christopher Thomas Cicero
Case No. 2016-075
Respondents’ counsel: Ric Daniell, Columbus (for Respondent-Dougherty only)
Hearing Location: Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., North Hearing Room 106, Columbus

May 14
Lorain County Bar Association v. Jeffrey Hile Weir II
Case No. 2018-006
Respondent’s counsel: None
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., West Hearing Room 104

May 16-17
Columbus Bar Association v. Stephen Wallace Barns
Case No. 2017-058
Respondent’s counsel: Jonathan E. Coughlan, Columbus
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., West Hearing Room 104

May 18
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Richard Earl Hackerd
Case No. 2017-068
Respondent’s counsel: Monica A. Sansalone, Cleveland
Hearing Location: 8th District Court of Appeals, 1 Lakeside Avenue, Courtroom 2, Cleveland

May 21-22
Toledo Bar Association v. Joan M. Crosser
Case No. 2017-059
Respondent’s counsel: None
Hearing Location: 9 a.m.; Moyer Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., Court of Claims, Courtroom 3B

May 23
Disciplinary Counsel v. Howard Alan Dunn
Case No. 2017-065
Respondent’s counsel: None
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., North Hearing Room 106

May 30
Columbus Bar Association v. Louis Jay Chodosh
Case No. 2017-041
Respondent’s counsel: Jonathan E. Coughlan, Columbus
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., North Hearing Room 106