Attorney Michael Bachman of North Bend, OH; thieving scammer

The state of Ohio presented Michael Louis Bachman with a law license in 1984 after he graduated from Northern Kentucky University School of Law.

The Disciplinary Counsel of the Ohio Supreme Court found Mikey guilty of the following misconduct.

• Agreed to fees of $80,000 to represent client in a criminal matter
• Failed to advise client to obtain legal counsel to assist her in signing over her property to pay Chris’s attorney fees
• Chris sold the client’s property for $135,000
• After mortgage on client’s property was satisfied and expenses paid Chris received net proceeds of $127,767.02
• Chris never advised his client of the sale of her property
• Chris failed to inform his client that he received $127,767.02 for the sale of her property
• Beginning in mid- 2011, client began contacting Chris to obtain the remaining money from the sale of her property
• Client was not able to contact or schedule meeting with Chris to discuss payment of remaining funds from sale of her property
• In August 2011, Chris told his client he believed she was not entitled to a refund since she had given him the property to cover his fees and therefore no refund was owing
• As a result of the dispute between Chris and his client, the Shelby County prosecutor’s office became involved and requested the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (OBCI) to look into the matter
• OBCI’s investigation led to criminal charges being filed against Chris
• Chris pled guilty to felony unauthorized use of a client’s property and was sentenced to five years community control and fined $5,000

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Ohio Supreme Court punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary stayed 2-year suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. September 2020) Chris practices at 28 Weston Road in Troy, Ohio.