Ohio Lawyer Who Neglected Clients, ‘Sexted’ One Suspended

An Ohio lawyer who neglected eight clients and was removed as counsel in a domestic-relations case for impeding its resolution was suspended for two years by the state high court.

Mark David Berling “not only engaged in a pattern of neglecting client matters and failing to return unearned fees but also sent improper sexual text messages to a client, attempted to practice law in a jurisdiction in which he was not admitted, and repeatedly failed to deposit clients’ unearned fees into his trust account,” the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

Berling took more than $30,000 from numerous clients without ...