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Attorney Chuck Ray Stidham was found to have committed multiple disciplinary violations including mishandling client funds, neglect of legal matters, and misconduct. He received a two-year suspension with the second year stayed.
Attorneys at law—Misconduct—Two-year suspension with second year stayed—Failure to deposit client funds into an identifiable bank account—Failure to maintain records of funds and render appropriate accounts—Failure to promptly pay funds that client is entitled to receive—Neglect of an entrusted legal matter—Failure to seek lawful objectives of client—Failure to carry out contract of employment—Prejudicing or damaging client—Concealing or knowingly failing to disclose what attorney is required by law to reveal—Disregarding a standing rule of a tribunal—Conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation—Conduct adversely reflecting on fitness to practice law—Using firm name containing name of one not a member of the firm—Holding oneself out as having a partnership with one who is not a partner.
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Mandamus—Labor relations—Public employees—R.C. Ch. 4117—State Employment Relations Board abused its discretion in dismissing public employee's unfair-labor-practice charge against employer because employer did not have authority to determine that employee's notice to arbitrate was untimely under collective-bargaining agreement—Board abused its discretion when it dismissed public employee's unfair-labor-practice charge against union without providing basic rationale for dismissal—Board did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed public employee's additional unfair-labor-practice charge against union, because union acted in accordance with public employee's waiver of union representation—Court of appeals' judgment granting writ of mandamus affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Workers' compensation—Temporary-total-disability compensation—R.C. 4123.56—Employee who had already been terminated for violation of employment policies before his shoulder surgery was not "unable to work" as "direct result of an impairment arising from an injury or occupational disease" under plain language of R.C. 4123.56(F) and thus was not entitled to receive temporary-total-disability compensation—Court of appeals' judgment reversed and writ granted.
Quo warranto—Mandamus—Appellants failed to challenge court of appeals' judgment dismissing their quo warranto claim on basis of laches and therefore waived that argument—Court of appeals' determination that appellants could not establish entitlement to city-council offices or that appellees were unlawfully holding the positions affirmed—Court of appeals' denial of request for writ of mandamus ordering continued payment of salaries and benefits as moot affirmed.
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