Supreme Court of Ohio

Comments on November 2005 Publication - By Rule

Numerical Order | By Rule | Comments Unrelated to a Specific Rule

Part 1: Client-Lawyer Relationship
Part 2: Counselor
Part 3: Advocate
Part 4: Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients
Part 5: Law Firms and Associations
Part 6: Public Service
Part 7: Information About Legal Services
Part 8: Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Terminology (Task Force) 31, 37, 51, 55, 59, 65, 70, 72 Steve Taylor, Mark Aultman, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Mary Cibella, Kent Shimeall, Bruce Campbell, Christensen & Christensen, OSBA
Scope (Task Force) 31, 51, 59, 72 Steve Taylor , Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Kent Shimeall, OSBA

Part 1: Client-Lawyer Relationship

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 1.1 (Coleman) 37 Mark Aultman
Rule 1.2 (Coughlan) 8, 14, 18, 21, 37, 44, 59, 60, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75 Judge John Adkins, Prof. Bruce French, David Giacalone, Cleveland Bar Association, Mark Aultman, Patrick McCartan, Kent Shimeall, David Hardymon, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, Christensen & Christensen, OSBA(also see minority report at end of comment), Cincinnati Bar Association, John Ruffolo
Rule 1.3 (Coleman) 69, 70, 75 Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, Christensen & Christensen, John Ruffolo
Rule 1.4 (Coughlan) 59, 65, 70 Kent Shimeall, Bruce Campbell, Christensen & Christensen
Rule 1.5 (Coughlan) 6, 10, 18, 21, 36, 37, 47, 50, 60, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75 Jonathan Hollingsworth , Jon Cherry, David Giacalone, Cleveland Bar Association, Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Clients' Security Fund, Valerie Myers Roszman, David Hardymon, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, Christensen & Christensen, OSBA (also see minority report at end of comment), Cincinnati Bar Association, John Ruffolo
Rule 1.6 (Hollingsworth) 13, 14, 21, 31, 36, 37, 44, 51, 55, 60, 65, 69, 72, 73 Jessica Weinberg (ONU law student), Prof. Bruce French, Cleveland Bar Association, Steve Taylor, Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Patrick McCartan, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Mary Cibella, David Hardymon, Bruce Campbell, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 1.7 (Coleman) 14, 21, 36, 37, 41, 45, 46, 59, 65, 72, 73, 75 Prof. Bruce French, Cleveland Bar Association, Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Patricia Walker, Mark Huller, Scott Gilliam, Kent Shimeall, Bruce Campbell, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association, John Ruffolo
Rule 1.8 (Coleman) 2, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 36, 37, 41, 56, 60, 65, 72, 73, 75 Motorists Insurance, Jessica Weinberg (ONU law student), Kurt Anderson, Harlan Karp, Ohio Ass'n of Civil Trial Attorneys, Harry and Adam Cornett, Cleveland Bar Association, Rick Marsh, Alvin Mathews, Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Patricia Walker, Stephen Merriam, David Hardymon, Bruce Campbell, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association, John Ruffolo
Rule 1.9 (Hollingsworth) 36, 37, 41, 56, 63, 64, 72 Medina County CGC , Mark Aultman, Patricia Walker, Stephen Merriam, Michael Zaino, Jim Lawrence, OSBA
Rule 1.10 (Hollingsworth) 21, 36, 37, 41, 44, 56, 59, 65, 72, 73 Cleveland Bar Association, Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Patricia Walker, Patrick McCartan, Stephen Merriam, Kent Shimeall, Bruce Campbell, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 1.11 (Hollingsworth) 23, 37, 44, 48, 59, 62, 63, 64, 71 Susan Smith, Mark Aultman, Patrick McCartan, Jeffrey Sherman, Kent Shimeall, Tom Zaino & Rich Farrin, Michael Zaino, Jim Lawrence, Mike Zatezalo
Rule 1.12 (Hollingsworth) 28 Shirley Cochran
Rule 1.13 (Coleman) 21, 44, 59, 70, 72, 73 Cleveland Bar Association, Patrick McCartan, Kent Shimeall, Christensen & Christensen, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 1.14 (Coughlan) 73 Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 1.15 (Coughlan) 14, 24, 37, 42, 43, 65, 72, 73 Prof. Bruce French, Beatrice Sowald, Mark Aultman, Michael Leizerman, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, Bruce Campbell, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 1.16 (Coughlan) 21, 37, 44, 65 Cleveland Bar Association, Mark Aultman, Patrick McCartan, Bruce Campbell
Rule 1.17 (Coughlan) 21, 37, 70 Cleveland Bar Association, Mark Aultman, Christensen & Christensen
Rule 1.18 (Hollingsworth) 36, 37, 41, 44, 65, 72 Medina County CGC , Mark Aultman, Patricia Walker, Patrick McCartan, Bruce Campbell, OSBA

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Part 2: Counselor

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 2.1 (Coughlan) 72 OSBA
Rule 2.22 12 Prof. Thomas Shaffer
Rule 2.3 (Coughlan) None  
Rule 2.4 (Coughlan) None  

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Part 3: Advocate

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 3.1 (Coleman) 21, 73 Cleveland Bar Association, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 3.2 (Coleman) None  
Rule 3.3 (Coughlan) 6, 21, 44, 55, 69, 72, 73 Jonathan Hollingsworth , Cleveland Bar Association, Patrick McCartan, Mary Cibella, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 3.4 (Coleman) 31, 36, 37, 39, 51, 70 Steve Taylor, Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Jim Slagle, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Christensen & Christensen
Rule 3.5 (Coleman) 9, 37 Prof. Ann Marie Tracey, Mark Aultman
Rule 3.6 (Coleman) 74 Mark Weaver
Rule 3.7 (Coleman) 21, 31, 39, 44, 51, 56, 58, 59, 72 Cleveland Bar Association, Steve Taylor, Jim Slagle, Patrick McCartan, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Stephen Merriam, Jack Sahl, Kent Shimeall, OSBA
Rule 3.8 (Coleman) 11, 27, 31, 36, 39, 51, 57, 59, 74 Mathias Heck, Ron O'Brien, Steve Taylor, Medina County CGC, Jim Slagle, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Dennis Will, Kent Shimeall, Mark Weaver
Rule 3.9 (Coleman) None  

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Part 4: Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 4.1 (Hollingsworth) 6, 7, 20, 21, 44, 55, 59, 72, 73 Jonathan Hollingsworth; John T. Mulligan, Harry and Adam Cornett, Cleveland Bar Association, Patrick McCartan, Mary Cibella, Kent Shimeall, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 4.2 (Hollingsworth) 37, 51, 59 Mark Aultman, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Kent Shimeall
Rule 4.3 (Hollingsworth) 59 Kent Shimeall
Rule 4.4 (Hollingsworth) 20, 21, 37, 44, 59, 72, 73 Harry and Adam Cornett, Cleveland Bar Association, Mark Aultman, Patrick McCartan, Kent Shimeall, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association

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Part 5: Law Firms and Associations

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 5.1 (Hollingsworth) 21, 56, 57, 59, 61, 69, 70, 73 Cleveland Bar Association, Stephen Merriam, Dennis Will, Kent Shimeall, Fred Hunker, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, Christensen & Christensen, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 5.2 (Hollingsworth) 21, 36, 41, 73 Cleveland Bar Association, Medina County CGC , Patricia Walker, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 5.3 (Hollingsworth) 21, 35, 54, 57, 70 Cleveland Bar Association, Matthew Rohrbacher, Betty Montgomery, Dennis Will, Christensen & Christensen
Rule 5.4 (Hollingsworth) 21 Cleveland Bar Association
Rule 5.5 (Coleman) 8, 21, 59, 66, 68 Judge John Adkins (on behalf of the SCO Task Force on Pro Se and Indigent Litigants), Cleveland Bar Association, Kent Shimeall, Association of Corporate Counsel, Nationwide Insurance
Rule 5.6 (Hollingsworth) 21, 36 Cleveland Bar Association, Medina County CGC
Rule 5.7 (Hollingsworth) 21, 69 Cleveland Bar Association, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association

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Part 6: Public Service

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 6.1 (Coleman) None  
Rule 6.2 (Coleman) 31, 51, 72 Steve Taylor , Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, OSBA
Rule 6.3 (Coleman) None  
Rule 6.4 (Coleman) None  
Rule 6.5 (Coleman) 8, 36, 37, 41 Judge John Adkins (on behalf of the SCO Task Force on Pro Se and Indigent Litigants), Medina County CGC, Mark Aultman, Patricia Walker

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Part 7: Information About Legal Services

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 7.1 (Coughlan) 3, 14, 18, 72 Michael S. Miller, Prof. Bruce French, David Giacalone, OSBA
Rule 7.2 (Coughlan) 3, 5, 18, 37, 72 Michael S. Miller, Mike Voorhees, David Giacalone, Mark Aultman, OSBA
Rule 7.3 (Coughlan) 3, 18, 34, 37, 65, 69 Michael S. Miller, David Giacalone, Scott Davis, Mark Aultman, Bruce Campbell, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association
Rule 7.4 (Coughlan) 4, 15 [seven letters], 22, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 38, 40, 41, 52, 53, 65, 72, 73 Cheryl S. Scotney, [#15--Joe Dreitler, Carol Ney, Todd Collis, Ralph Jocke, Patricia Hogan, Susan Rector, Maribeth Deavers], Mark Watkins, Patricia Kramer, Marcella Louke, Amanda Gashel Dillon, Christopher Parmelee, Medina County CGC, Nancy Reeves, Robert E. Maag, Patricia Walker, Deborah Wilcox, Thomas O'Connor, Bruce Campbell, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 7.5 (Coughlan) 1, 36, 38, 41, 72, 73 Thomas Houlihan, Medina County CGC , Nancy Reeves, Patricia Walker, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 7.6 (Coughlan) 37 Mark Aultman

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Part 8: Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession

Rule (and Committee) Comment Numbers Sources
Rule 8.1 (Coughlan) 72 OSBA
Rule 8.2 (Coughlan) 72 OSBA
Rule 8.3 (Coughlan) 37, 55, 70, 72, 73 Mark Aultman, Mary Cibella, Christensen & Christensen, OSBA, Cincinnati Bar Association
Rule 8.4 (Coughlan) 44, 59, 69, 72 Patrick McCartan, Kent Shimeall, Cuyahoga Co. Bar Association, OSBA
Rule 8.5 (Coughlan) 36 Medina County CGC

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2 The ABA recommended deletion of Model Rule 2.2 [Intermediary] as part of the Ethics 2000 revisions that were adopted in 2002. As a result, the Task Force did not consider or publish for comment a version of Model Rule 2.2.