A watchdog organization has filed a bar complaint against former public official Seth Metcalf, asking the Ohio Supreme Court to investigate whether he should be disbarred for his role in the multi-billion-dollar retired teachers’ pension fund scandal.
Campaign for Accountability (CfA), a nonpartisan organization whose website says it is dedicated to “exposing misconduct,” filed a grievance Monday against Metcalf, arguing his “effort to obtain control over assets” at STRS seemed to go against two professional conduct rules.
The organization cited that Rule 8.4(c) prohibits conduct involving “dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation” and Rule 8.4(h) bans behavior that “adversely reflects on the lawyer’s fitness to practice law.”…