On Monday, November 24, 2025, the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel filed a complaint against attorney Jason Roger McNeily, alleging professional misconduct involving misappropriation of corporate funds and violations of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct.
The case is entitled “Disciplinary Counsel v. Jason Roger McNeily,” with case no. 2025-030.
McNeily faces accusations stemming from his time as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and in-house legal counsel for RTS Publishing Company, also known as Kettering National Seminars.
According to the complaint, McNeily’s father, Scott A. McNeily, founded RTS in 1979. Jason McNeily served as CFO starting in January 2009, managing the company’s financial activities and reporting directly to his father. He later assumed the role of in-house legal counsel in May 2010, concurrently serving as treasurer and secretary of RTS’s Board of Directors.
The allegations center around financial irregularities discovered in early 2019. Scott McNeily and his wife, Vickie, became concerned about the accuracy of financial information provided by Jason McNeily, including a failure to maintain an adequate accounting system and utilize accounting software. An external forensic accountant, Lynette Rhodes, was hired to investigate.
Rhodes’s investigation revealed that McNeily had allegedly misappropriated $1,654,808.02 from RTS funds between 2011 and 2020. The alleged misappropriation included payments on his personal JPMorgan Chase and Sam’s Club credit cards, unauthorized compensation and bonuses, unauthorized ACH transfers to his personal bank account disguised as payments to another individual, personal charges to the company’s American Express card, and payments on his 401(k) loan.
In February 2020, McNeily admitted to misappropriating funds during a meeting with attorney John Folkerth and Lynette Rhodes. He was subsequently terminated from RTS and removed from the Board of Directors.
Following an investigation, McNeily was indicted in Montgomery County in November 2021 for theft. In September 2023, he pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor theft charge. He was sentenced to five years of community control, mental health assessment and counseling, random drug screenings, completion of Decision Points or Making Better Choices Programs, and $100,000 in restitution to RTS. After failing to make timely restitution payments, McNeily served eight days in jail in May and June 2024. He eventually paid the full restitution amount in August 2024.
The Disciplinary Counsel alleges that McNeily’s actions violate Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, specifically Rule 3.4(c) [disobeying an obligation under the rules of a tribunal], Rule 8.4(b) [committing an illegal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty or trustworthiness], and Rule 8.4(c) [engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation]. The Disciplinary Counsel seeks sanctions for these alleged violations.
The complaint states:
“Relator requests that respondent be found in violation of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct and be sanctioned accordingly.”
According to Avvo.com, Mr. McNeily is a trusts attorney in Springboro, Ohio. He attended the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He acquired his law license in Ohio in 2010.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
