An Ohio lawyer who was convicted of theft for overbilling the state public defender’s office for three years for court-appointed work has been suspended.
Jeanette Robinson’s misconduct “caused financial harm to the taxpayers of Lorain County, and her dishonesty cast a negative light on the legal profession as a whole,” the Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday.
The Elyria, Ohio, lawyer admitted to submitting fraudulent billing statements to trial court judges for work she did from 2016 to 2019, the court said.
She said she had been experiencing “severe medical problems” that weren’t fully covered by her health insurance, it said. ...
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