COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursdaythreatened to find in contempt of court
the attorney whose emailstriggered an NCAA investigation that cost former Ohio State footballcoach Jim
Tressel his job.At issue is the alleged failure ofColumbus attorney Christopher Cicero to file paperwork as
part of hisone-year law license suspension.Cicero had a month to file thepaperwork, including evidence of
notifying current clients, followinglast year’s Supreme Court ruling that said he violated professionalrules
of conduct that prohibit revealing information from meetings with aclient or a prospective client.Cicero’s
attorney John Gonzalessaid he believes the court’s order involves a technical filing oversighton Cicero’s
part that will be corrected.Based on conversationswith a prospective client, Cicero sent emails to Tressel
in April 2010,warning him that players were selling memorabilia or trading them fortattoos.The email traffic
sparked a scandal that ended Tressel’sOhio State tenure the following month. NCAA rules — and his contract
—specified that he must disclose any and all information about possiblestudent-athlete conduct violations.An
NCAA investigation also ledto a bowl ban last year, reductions in scholarships and the loss ofOhio State’s
$389,000 share of the Big Ten bowl pot in 2011. The entire2010 season also was vacated.Gonzales said Cicero
apparentlydidn’t provide a standard notice on the documents that he’d notifiedother attorneys in the
case.Cicero can’t begin the process of reinstating his law license until the paperwork is filed. He has 20
days to correct the error.___Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.