The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct today announced September 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 being 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.

Sept. 4 and 6 (Days 4 and 5)
Disciplinary Counsel v. Hon. Timothy Solomon Horton
Case No. 2018-010
Respondent’s counsel: Rick L. Brunner and Patrick M. Quinn, Columbus
Hearing Location: Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, 65 South Front St., South Hearing Room 106, Columbus

Sept. 5
Disciplinary Counsel v. Michael Joseph Cheselka Jr. (Day 4)
Case No. 2017-050
Respondent’s counsel: Richard C. Alkire, Independence, and Robert V. Housel Jr., Cleveland
Hearing Time/Location:  9 a.m.; Moyer Judicial Center, West Hearing Room 104

Sept. 13-14
Columbus Bar Association v. Lawrence Edward Winkfield
Case No. 2018-016
Respondent’s counsel: Geoffrey L. Oglesby, Sandusky
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, West Hearing Room 104

Sept. 14
Disciplinary Counsel v. Frank James Simmons Jr.
Case No. 2017-013
Respondents’ counsel: Patricia Horner, Toledo
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, South Hearing Room 106

Sept. 17
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. David Marlborough Lynch
Case No. 2018-014
Respondents’ counsel: Jonathan E. Coughlan, Columbus
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, South Hearing Room 106

Sept. 21
Dayton Bar Association v. Anthony William Sullivan
Case No. 2018-007
Respondent’s counsel: None
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, West Hearing Room 104

Sept. 25
Disciplinary Counsel v. James Michael Burge
Case No. 2016-0044
Respondent’s counsel: George D. Jonson and Lisa M. Zaring, Cincinnati
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, South Hearing Room 106

The following case is set for hearing before a three-judge panel appointed by the chief judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals Judges Association pursuant to Rule II, Section 4 of the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Judiciary of Ohio. The Board of Professional Conduct serves as clerk for the chief judge and hearing panel, but has no responsibility for adjudicating the formal complaint or the allegations contained in them.

Sept. 19
Bradley Nathaniel Frick, special disciplinary counsel v. Hon. Richard Patrick DeWine, respondent
Case No. SCC 2018-001
Respondent’s counsel: George D. Jonson, Cincinnati
Hearing Location: Moyer Judicial Center, South Hearing Room 106