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- Title: Toledo Bar Association v. Cook
- Author : Ohio Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 06, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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1. In this case, we must decide the appropriate sanction for an attorney who prepared a will that named the attorneys siblings corporation as a beneficiary in a situation where the testator was not related to the attorneys siblings. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found that respondent, Linda S. Cook of Sylvania, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0061876, committed this conduct and that, by her own admission, she violated DR 5-101(A)(2) (an attorney shall not prepare a will, codicil, or living trust that names the attorneys siblings as beneficiaries unless the testator is related to the siblings). The board recommended that respondent be suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for two years, but that one year be stayed on conditions. We, however, find that a one-year suspension, with six months stayed on conditions, is appropriate.