Ohio joins Kentucky in suspending attorney Ben Dusing for reportedly threatening lawyers

Andrew Wolfson

The Courier Journal

The Ohio Supreme Court has joined Kentucky in temporarily suspending Kenton County lawyer Ben Dusing from practicing law.

The Ohio court on Tuesday imposed an interim remedial suspension on Dusing. The Courier Journal reported in November that Dusing had threatened two attorneys in a profanity-laced video later played in court.

The Kentucky court ruled last week that an inquiry commission had found probable cause to believe Dusing either “poses a substantial threat of harm to his clients or the public or that he is mentally disabled and lacks the mental fitness to continue to practice law.”

Moving for suspension in Ohio, its disciplinary counsel said Dusing "has a history of domestic violence and has made multiple threatening statements towards women and one of his children … including direct statements or insinuations that he was going to kill them."

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