An Ohio attorney who was found guilty of a felony for helping clients try to evade federal taxes was suspended for two years by the state’s highest court.
His actions violated professional ethics rules prohibiting lawyers from helping clients break the law, the Supreme Court of Ohio said in its Nov. 27 opinion. The court also said Gregory Thomas Plesich of Akron violated rules that forbid lawyers from committing acts that reflect adversely on the legal profession and from acting dishonestly,
In 2009, Plesich began representing a husband and wife in a tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, according ...
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