Board recommends attorney suspension

Lindon currently is suing officials with the Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program in Lorain County Common Pleas Court claiming a former drugrelated contract he signed was unconstitutional because of its reliance on religious programs.

The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct is recommending a two-year suspension for an Avon attorney from practicing law.

In a report filed Feb. 11, the board recommends the suspension for James L. Lindon due to his conviction in June, 2016, on charges of theft, drug possession and tampering with evidence after he was caught on video stealing drugs from the Cleveland Clinic the year before.

Lindon was sentenced to two years of community control.

The Board of Professional Conduct, however, ruled that Lindon only serve a year of the suspension on the conditioned that he remains drug free, enter a two-year drug-related contract, completes a substance abuse treatment program within a year of the Ohio Supreme Court accepting the recommendation, refrain from further misconduct and pay the cost of the board’s proceedings.

Lindon currently is suing officials with the Ohio Lawyers Assistance Program in Lorain County Common Pleas Court claiming a former drug-related contract he signed was unconstitutional because of its reliance on religious programs.