Ohio Supreme Court suspends law license of former Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze

Описание: Former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze, already facing charges in a records tampering case, has had her law license suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court.

In a court filing on Tuesday, the Supreme Court suspended Celebrezze from the practice of law for two years, with one year stayed.

According to the court, Celebrezze "repeatedly violated" rules "by assigning herself to high-stakes divorce cases and abused her position as administrative judge to pressure her colleagues of the domestic-relations division to transfer cases directly to her."

The Supreme Court also noted that, "for almost two years, Celebrezze often appointed or recommended the appointment of her long-term friend and love interest, Mark Dottore, as receiver or mediator, and in one case, Celebrezze authorized or approved his receiving a substantial payout of receiver fees. She failed to notify the respective parties in those cases of her close personal relationship with Dottore."

In one instance, the court indicated that Celebrezze had authorized or approved $241,935 in receiver fees to Dottore and $171,859.31 in fees to Dottore’s legal counsel.

"Leslie Ann Celebrezze is suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for two years, with the final year of the suspension stayed on the condition that she commit no further misconduct," the court stated at the end of its filing. "If Celebrezze fails to comply with the condition of the stay, the stay will be lifted and she will serve the full two-year suspension."

Celebrezze must also pay the cost of the disciplinary proceedings.

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