The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for one year for sending sexually explicit text messages to a third-year law student who worked as a law clerk in his office.
The court found that John Mismas—a Willoughby, Ohio, plaintiffs attorney—had engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on his fitness to practice law when he propositioned the female law student in 2011. Although a disciplinary panel had recommended a public sanction, the court on June 12 decided that punishment was too light, saying Mismas abused his position as a mentor to the law student.
