"A veteran Ohio attorney had his law license suspended for allegedly pressuring a client for sexual favors, according to a story from WXIX. The Ohio Supreme Court said lawyer Bruce Wallace of Brown County, Ohio, who had no prior disciplinary issues in 41 years of practice, admitted attempting to coerce his client for sex after investigators played him a conversation secretly recorded by his client, according to the story."
"The state supreme court said when the victim told Wallace that she wanted to proceed quickly in a parenting dispute, he repeatedly asked her how far she would go to get what she wanted, according to the story. Wallace was suspended for one year, with six months stayed."
Bruce Wallace, a Brown County, Ohio attorney with 41 years of practice and no prior disciplinary record, admitted attempting to coerce a client for sexual favors after investigators played a secretly recorded conversation. The client had told Wallace she wanted to proceed quickly in a parenting dispute. Wallace repeatedly asked how far she would go to get what she wanted. The Ohio Supreme Court suspended Wallace’s law license for one year, with six months stayed. Investigators relied on the secretly recorded conversation that captured Wallace’s statements. The suspension addresses alleged coercion and professional misconduct.
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