An Ohio attorney was suspended for his conduct while representing a defendant at trial that resulted in a contempt citation, and the lawyer’s son was reprimanded for publicly criticizing the judge on Facebook.
The Ohio Supreme Court imposed a one-year suspension on Kenneth Ronald Bailey, and ordered a public reprimand for his son, Kenneth Richard Bailey.
While representing a rape defendant, the senior Bailey lost motions requesting the court to appoint a defense expert because his client didn’t meet the standards for indigency and to continue the case, the supreme court said.
Bailey then decided on a “new defense strategy,” ...
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