TOLEDO, Ohio — A former Toledo City Council member is no longer licensed to practice law, following the indefinite suspension of his legal license and relating to the Toledo City Council bribery scandal.
According to an Ohio Supreme Court document issued Wednesday, the Toledo Bar Association has suspended the law license of Tyrone Riley, who pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act extortion under official color of right in December 2022. This means that Riley, as a public official, wrongfully took money or another valuable not owed to him or his office.
The document states that Riley's law license was temporarily suspended in September 2023, shortly after he was sentenced to 24 months in prison. According to the Ohio Supreme Court, Riley did not file an affidavit showing compliance with the temporary suspension.
Then, on Aug. 2, 2024, the Board of Professional Conduct filed to have Riley's law license indefinitely suspended, with no credit for time served under the interim suspension.
Riley is now forbidden to practice law or appear in court on behalf of anyone. He was also ordered to complete one credit hour of continuing legal education per month during the suspension.
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