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New Orleans, Thibodaux attorneys receive deferred suspensions in court disciplinary proceedings
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — New Orleans attorney David Cartan Loker Gibbons Jr. has received a partly deferred suspension and Thibodaux attorney David W. Ardoin has received a fully deferred suspension following separate Jan. 8 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceedings.
New Orleans attorney agrees to deferred suspension, probation following DWI arrest
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — New Orleans attorney Sean Patrick Mount has received an entirely deferred suspension following a Jan. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over his arrest for driving while intoxicated.
2 Baton Rouge attorneys on voluntary interim suspension after separate state Supreme Court orders
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Baton Rouge attorneys Connie M. Easterly and Shannon Jay Thomas have been voluntarily placed on interim suspension following separate recent Louisiana Supreme Court orders.
Appeals court returns couples property trespass suit back to Plaquemines Parish court
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal recently returned a couples' property trespass lawsuit against a Bellechase property management company and Plaquemines Parish to the 25th Judicial District Court for Plaquemines Parish.
Alfred Conhagen's lawsuit over cost overrun on NASA project returning to New Orleans court
NEW ORLEANS – A lawsuit filed by Jefferson Parish turbine equipment and parts distributor Alfred Conhagen Inc. of Louisiana against two out-of-state companies is on its way back to a New Orleans court after a state appeals court recently reversed a number of motions in the case.
Appeals court says New Orleans Civic Commission has the power to order promotion of 15 city firefighters
NEW ORLEANS – It now is up to the New Orleans Civil Service Commission to do what it said last spring it was powerless to do, order 15 city firefighters previously passed over for promotion receive the rank of captain.
Unisys entitled to $1.3 million in mutually terminated contract with Office of Motor Vehicles, appeals court says
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal recently found that Pennsylvania-based technology company Unisys Corp., which has been seeking more than $8.7 from the Louisiana Office of Motor vehicles following an amicably terminated contract to re-engineer computer systems, is entitled to a portion of that amount.
Appeals court says restaurateur has no case against landlord in suit claiming unlawful entry
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently found that a restaurateur who claimed his landlord entered his premises and took items without his permission has no case against the landlord.
ExxonMobil remains 100 percent liable for damages in 1993 East Coker Unit fire, state appeals court says
BATON ROUGE — After years of litigation, ExxonMobile remains fully liable for injuries of at least six of the thousand of plaintiffs who filed suit in Baton Rouge City Court following the 1993 fire at the East Coker Unit at ExxonMobil's refinery,a recent ruling by Louisiana's First Circuit Court of Appeal said.
Split board backs readmission of disbarred former Monroe councilman convicted of racketeering
NEW ORLEANS — Disbarred Monroe attorney and former city councilman Arthur Gilmore Jr. may be conditionally readmitted to practice law following a split recommendation issued Dec. 21 by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB).
Voluntarily disbarred Metairie attorney conditionally reinstated to practice law
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Voluntarily disbarred Metairie attorney Michael Stephen Sepcich was conditionally reinstated to practice law in Louisiana following a Dec. 17 Louisiana Supreme Court decision to approve his application for readmission.
New Orleans attorney faces suspension for violating rules of conduct in tenant dispute with landlord
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) –New Orleans attorney Matthew B. Collins Jr. faces suspension following a recommendation issued Dec. 10 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee over allegations stemming from a client's 2011 claim against her landlords.
Baton Rouge attorney suspended in split state high court decision over alleged conflict of interest
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Baton Rouge attorney Gregory Cook has been suspended following a split Dec. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding conflict of interest allegations.
State Supreme Court disbars former assistant U.S. attorney over internet posts
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Harahan attorney and former assistant U.S. attorney Salvador R. Perricone has been disbarred following a Dec. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding alleged inappropriate anonymous postings on a local newspaper's website over five years.
Lafayette attorney disbarred - but not permanently - in split Supreme Court decision
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Suspended Lafayette attorney Michael Sean Reid has been disbarred following a split Dec. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding multiple allegations, including abandoning his practice and trust fund irregularities.
Hearing panel recommends disbarred Covington attorney not be readmitted
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – A Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee recently recommended that disbarred Covington attorney David H. Bernstein not be readmitted to the practice of law.
Disciplinary board recommends deferred suspension for Kenner attorney regarding alcohol-related arrests
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Kenner attorney John Julius Steger IV faces possible deferred suspension following a recent Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court regarding multiple alcohol-related arrests dating back to 1993.
New Orleans attorney faces suspension related to conviction stemming from sexual encounter with cab driver
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – New Orleans attorney Jennifer Elaine Gaubert faces suspension following a recent Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court regarding her criminal conviction stemming from a 2012 sexual encounter with a cab driver.
St. Francisville attorney allowed to permanently resign; Bossier City attorney reinstated
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — St. Francisville attorney Kristy Emfinger Griffin has been allowed to permanently resign in lieu of discipline, and Bossier City attorney Rebecca Lynn Vishnefski has been reinstated following separate Dec. 3 Louisiana Supreme Court orders.