Child Porn Conviction Draws Indefinite Suspension

The Ohio Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended an attorney as a result of a felony conviction.

Grossman was charged by information in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in August 2013 with one count of receipt of visual depictions of child pornography. He pleaded guilty and on January 28, 2014, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and five years of supervised release. He was ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution, plus a special assessment of $100.

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Grossman admitted that he had communicated online with an undercover police officer who was posing as the father of an 11-year-old girl and that they discussed various sex acts involving the fictitious girl before Grossman went to a prearranged location expecting to meet her. In his presentence psychological examination, Grossman stated that he did not believe that he would have had sexual contact with the minor but that he went to meet her out of curiosity. He also stated that he hoped that “he would not have acted on a fantasy.”

The court

Having considered Grossman’s conduct, the applicable aggravating and mitigating factors, and the sanctions imposed for comparable misconduct, we agree that an indefinite suspension is the appropriate sanction in this case.

He cannot seek reinstatement until he completes the terms of his criminal probation. (Mike Frisch)