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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. -
Baton Rouge attorney suspended over allegations that brought earlier reprimand
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Baton Rouge attorney George Allen Roth Walsh, publicly reprimanded last summer by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) for allegedly practicing law while ineligible, faces a 30-day suspension over the same allegations. -
LADB recommends suspension of Gretna attorney for alleged failure to return fees
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Gretna attorney Kevin Michael Steel faces possible suspension following a Nov. 30 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court over a failure to return unearned fees to clients. -
LADB hearing committee recommends retroactive suspension for disgraced juvenile judge
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Suspended Slidell attorney and former Orleans Parish Juvenile Court judge Yolanda Julie King faces possible retroactive suspension following a recommendation issued Nov. 30 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee. -
Attorney who allegedly fled to Ohio with money from grandmother's estate can permanently resign
NEW ORLEANS — Just in time for Thanksgiving, suspended Madisonville attorney Scott Robert Hymel was allowed to permanently resign from practicing law in Louisiana following allegations that he stole from his grandmother's estate. -
Disbarred Lafayette attorney faces permanent disbarment for allegedly failing to disburse settlement
NEW ORLEANS – Disbarred Lafayette attorney Harold D. Register Jr. faces possible permanent disbarment following a recent recommendation by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee over allegations he converted more than $85,000. -
Hearing committee recommends reprimand, probation in divorce matter
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Columbia attorney Dina Fae Domangue faces possible deferred suspension and a reprimand following a recommendation issued Nov. 14 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee over alleged misconduct in a divorce proceeding. -
Vermilion Parish judge, Lafayette attorney receive deferred suspensions in separate Supreme Court filings
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – A judge in Vermilion Parish received a partially deferred suspension and a Lafayette attorney received a fully deferred suspension in separate Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceedings issued Nov. 14. -
New Orleans attorney receives fully deferred suspension, probation after expungement case allegations
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — New Orleans attorney Tyrone F. Watkins has received a fully deferred suspension and probation following a Nov. 14 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding after he allegedly failed to expedite a client's expungement case. -
Hearing panel recommends conditional reinstatement for Houston attorney despite 'serious concerns'
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Houston attorney Attlah Deniece Burrell, suspended for more than a decade, could be reinstated following a recent recommendation issued a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee. -
LADB backs suspension for Baton Rouge attorney who allegedly assisted non-lawyers to practice law
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Baton Rouge attorney Dante Jerome Butler faces possible suspension following a split Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court over allegations he improperly shared legal fees earned by non-attorneys at a quasi-legal center in St. Tammany Parish. -
Disciplinary panel recommends Hammond attorney's third petition for reinstatement be rejected
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Hammond attorney Leonard E. Yokum Jr., admitted to the bar in Louisiana more than 50 years ago and suspended for almost a decade, may not be conditionally reinstated following a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court. -
Covington attorney disbarred over unearned fees, other allegations
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Ineligible Covington attorney Raymond Charles Burkart III has been disbarred following a June 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over multiple allegations in a consolidated matter. -
New Orleans attorney disbarred over multiple allegations of writing worthless checks
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — New Orleans attorney Tracey Michel Favorite has been disbarred following a Nov. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding allegations she wrote a series of bad checks over three years. -
Sanctioned Mamou attorney permanently disbarred following allegations in Deep Water Horizon case
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Disbarred Mamou attorney Timmy James Fontenot has been permanently disbarred following a Nov. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding allegations that included stealing from a client. -
Ineligible Leesville attorney suspended 2 years, ordered to pay restitution
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Ineligible Leesville attorney Bradley O. Hicks has been suspended following a Nov. 5 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding regarding allegations arising from complaints in multiple client matters. -
Mandeville attorney on probation, Baton Rouge attorney indefinitely suspended in separate Supreme Court actions
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Mandeville attorney Linda Louise Stadler received a fully deferred suspension and Baton Rouge attorney Durward D. Casteel was voluntarily and indefinitely suspended in separate Nov. 5 actions by the Louisiana Supreme Court. -
State's high court upholds dismissal of ethics charges against prosecutor in wrongful murder conviction
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – The Louisiana Supreme Court recently upheld a decision to dismiss ethics charges against former Jefferson Parish prosecutor Ken John Dohre in the wrongful conviction of an Avondale man who then spent more than 15 years in prison before he was exonerated in the 1996 stabbing death of Waggaman woman.