Via Enquirer:
A reciprocal agreement between the
Kentucky and Ohio Supreme Courts resulted in attorney Eric Deters being
suspended for 60 days in Ohio for the same actions that resulted in his
suspension last year in Kentucky.
Deters
isn’t accused of any new wrongdoing. He was suspended for 60 days last year by
the Kentucky Supreme Court for violating the code of conduct for attorneys.
Because of that suspension and the reciprocal disciplinary agreement, the Ohio
Supreme Court also suspended Deters on Monday for 60 days for the same conduct.
Deters, of
Independence, actually asked the Ohio Supreme Court to start his suspension now
so he could get it out of the way.
Deters’
suspension last year involved false statements made in a libel suit brought
against Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders and a separate civil
suit filed in Campbell County involving a homebuilder.
Earlier in
January, Deters won a Hamilton County civil case when a jury awarded his client
$790,000 after it found spine surgeon Dr. Atiq Durrani negligent in a 2009
surgery.
This is
Deters' second suspension. He served a 112-day suspension last year for
knowingly making a false statement concerning the qualifications or integrity
of a judge, breaking solicitation rules in a case involving a teen injured in a
bus crash and failing to return a $1,500 fee to a client.
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