TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Oct 13, 2017
Hamilton County attorney John R. Meldorf yesterday received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility. Meldorf represented a wife who was awarded attorney fees from her husband in the final decree of divorce. At the conclusion of the divorce, the wife owed Meldorf a small balance for his fees. The ex-husband subsequently filed bankruptcy and listed Meldorf as creditor instead of his ex-wife. Meldorf collected funds as a creditor from the bankruptcy trustee even though such funds were properly owed to his former client. He failed to promptly notify his former client upon receipt of such funds and paid himself fees owed by the former client without her knowledge or consent.
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