Unprecedented hearing on suspending Marc Dann’s law license is Tuesday

Unprecedented hearing on suspending Marc Dann’s law license is Tuesday

By DAVID SKOLNICK

skolnick@vindy.com

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a proposed six-month law-license suspension for former Attorney General Marc Dann.

The case is unprecedented.

“Never before has the chief legal officer of the state of Ohio been subject to discipline,” wrote Jonathan E. Coughlan, the state’s disciplinary counsel, and Joseph M. Caligiuri, senior assistant disciplinary counsel, in a legal filing to the state Supreme Court. The two will argue for the suspension.

The disciplinary counsel and Alvin E. Mathews of Columbus, Dann’s attorney, will each have up to 15 minutes for verbal arguments in front of the justices. Also, the attorneys will answer questions from the justices, if there are any.

A decision on cases such as these usually comes three to six months after the hearing.

The court’s 28-member board of commissioners on grievances and discipline recommended a six-month suspension for Dann in a Dec. 5 report.

The justices can accept, reject, decrease or increase the recommended suspension.

Read the full story Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.