Are a state attorney general’s poor judgment in hiring and failure to prepare for public office good reasons to let him off easy? That’s a question before the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday, as former state attorney general Marc Dann fights a proposed six-month suspension of his law license.
It is a case without precedent in Ohio. “Never before has the chief legal officer of the state of Ohio been subject to discipline,” wrote Jonathan Coughlan, the state’s disciplinary counsel, and Joseph Caligiuri, senior assistant disciplinary counsel, in a brief arguing to uphold the suspension.
