Ohio's top court suspends local lawyer

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Supreme Court has unanimously decided to suspend for two years the law license of Boardman attorney Michael A. Sakmar, with the second year of that term stayed on certain conditions.

The high court said today that it imposed the suspension because Sakmar was tardy or absent for scheduled proceedings before Youngstown Municipal Court on multiple occasions over a two-year period.

The top court said Sakmar’s pattern of unprofessional conduct had resulted in multiple citations for contempt of court, and on one occasion caused the municipal court to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.

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