Section 6 - Disqualification or Suspension without Pay; Criminal Charge or Conviction(A) A justice or judge is disqualified from acting as a justice or judge while there is pending an indictment or an information charging the Justice or judge with a crime punishable as a felony under state or federal law. (B) A justice or judge shall be suspended from judicial office without pay if the justice or judge pleads guilty or no contest to or is found guilty of a crime punishable as a felony under state or federal law. (C)(1) The judge presiding over a case that satisfies the circumstances described in division (B) of this section shall prepare a certified notice of a verdict of guilty, a judicial finding of guilt, or a guilty or no contest plea. The judge shall transmit the certified notice to the director of the Board of Professional Conduct and to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Upon receipt from any source of the certified notice, the director promptly shall submit the certified notice to the Supreme Court. The director shall submit the certified notice regardless of the pendency of an appeal.(2) Upon receipt of the certified notice, the Supreme Court shall enter an order immediately suspending the Justice or judge from judicial office without pay pending further proceedings pursuant to these rules. There shall be no appeal of a suspension from judicial office without pay imposed pursuant to this section.(D) Suspension of a Justice or judge from judicial office without pay shall remain in effect until any of the following occurs:(1) The conviction resulting from a plea of guilty or no contest, verdict of guilty, or judicial finding of guilt is reversed;(2) A final decision on a complaint filed pursuant to Section 1 of this rule is issued by a five-judge commission appointed pursuant to Section 2 of this rule or by the Supreme Court;(3) A disciplinary order is entered by the Supreme Court pursuant to Rule V of the Rules for the Government of the Bar of Ohio that suspends or disbars the Justice or judge from the practice of law;(4) A final order is issued by a court removing the Justice or judge from judicial office.