Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Kenneth Ronald Donchatz, Case No. 2016-0859 (Cuyahoga County)
The Board of Professional Conduct has recommended that Kenneth R. Donchatz be suspended from the practice of law for two years, with six months stayed on the condition he doesn't engage in further misconduct.
The charges stem from a complaint related to four client matters in which the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association alleged that Donchatz violated the rules governing Ohio lawyers. In its recommendation to the Court, the board noted that Donchatz served as an assistant Ohio attorney general employed by the Ohio Office of Disciplinary Counsel from 1998 to 2001. It also reported that Donchatz "characterizes himself as an expert in ethics" and has used the moniker "the ethics monster."
