Ohio Lawyer Gets One Year Suspension For Forging Signatures On Deed

In Akron, Ohio, the Akron Beacon Journal reports:

• Akron defense lawyer Donald L. ''Doc'' Walker was suspended from practicing law for one year for violations of state disciplinary rules, Ohio Supreme Court officials announced Tuesday. [...] According to the justices' decision, Walker's law license was suspended because he forged the signatures of a client's son and two witnesses on a property deed, [...].

One of the mitigating factors in the justices' decision was that "the forgery did not result in personal gain by Walker. He paid all of the money owed to the client's son whose signature he forged, the justices said."

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