Supreme Court has hearing on Dann law license suspension

Supreme Court has hearing on Dann law license suspension

COLUMBUS

Marc Dann described himself to a state disciplinary panel as an attorney who hired the wrong people after unexpectedly winning statewide office and who should have done more to determine the legality of doling out cash from his campaign coffers and filing required disclosure forms.

But, his legal counsel told the state’s high court Tuesday, the disgraced former attorney general also accepted responsibility for his misconduct, resigning from office and pleading guilty to criminal charges. And he’s worked hard to make amends, via pro bono legal work helping Ohio families in danger of foreclosure keep their homes.

The latter, Columbus attorney Alvin Mathews Jr. argued, should sway the Ohio Supreme Court to refrain from blocking Dann from practicing law.

“We believe that any sanction that is given in this case, any sort of suspension that would be ordered, should be stayed,” Mathews said, “whether it’s six months or whether it’s one year.”

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