Friday, October 26, 2007
COLUMBUS – Former Boardman attorney Edward F. Sturgeon faces even more troubles with the Ohio Supreme Court.
Sturgeon was found in contempt of court by the high court this week after failing to provide a laundry list of paperwork and other items following his disbarment last November.
“When you are disbarred there are a whole bunch of things you have to do,” said Dennis Whalen, public information officer for the Ohio Supreme Court. “Apparently (Sturgeon) didn’t do very many of them.”
According to Supreme Court documents, the order was issued for Sturgeon’s “failure to surrender his attorney registration card, failure to surrender his Certificate of Admission, failure to file an affidavit of compliance on or before Dec. 15, 2006, and failure to pay Board costs in the amount of $4,794.08 on or before Feb. 13, 2007.”
Whalen said the high court is like other courts in the state when a contempt charge is issued. He said the court has the authority to impose fines or even issue a warrant for his arrest.
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