Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board
Recent News About Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board View More
-
Attorney General Jeff Landry Calls For Public Support To Provide Safer Schools On National Stop Bullying Day
National Stop Bullying Day, and Attorney General Jeff Landry is encouraging parents and students to Know More About Bullying so they can recognize and stop bullying in schools. -
Appointment of a New Attorney Member To the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana
Appointment of a New Attorney Member To the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana. -
TAYLOR PORTER BROOKS PHILLIPS LLP: Taylor Porter Partner Mike Walsh Inducted as Fellow in American College of Trial Lawyers
Taylor Porter Partner and Executive Committee Member Mike Walsh was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), one of the premier legal associations in North America, composed of preeminent members of the Trial Bar, and limited to just 1 percent of the total lawyer population of any state. -
New Orleans attorney reprimanded for threatening to 'punch the s*** out of' an assistant DA he's now suing
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Long time New Orleans attorney Ike Spears has been publicly reprimanded following a March 9 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding for threatening to assault an assistant DA during a 2018 criminal trial. -
Reinstatement recommended for suspended Baton Rouge attorney convicted in 2015 'chest bumping' of DA
NEW ORLEANS — Suspended longtime Baton Rouge attorney Felix Anthony DeJean IV, convicted of allegedly "chest bumping" a district attorney while leaving a judge's chambers in 2015, could be reinstated following a recent recommendation. -
Longtime Lake Charles attorney, failed 2014 judicial candidate indicted for domestic abuse, now on disability inactive status
NEW ORLEANS — Longtime Lake Charles attorney Michael Pierre Ned, former judicial candidate indicted on domestic abuse and other charges almost six years ago, now is on disability inactive status following a March 9 Louisiana Supreme Court order. -
Former Harahan Magistrate suspended for allegedly practicing law while ineligible
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) — Longtime Gretna attorney and former Harahan Magistrate Pro Tempore Demetrie Elijah Ford has been voluntarily suspended following a Feb. 10 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding for allegedly practicing law while ineligible. -
Deferred suspension recommended for Washington attorney over 'negligent' failure to file withdrawal, change of address
NEW ORLEANS – Ineligible Tacoma, Wash., attorney Myles Julian Johnson faces possible fully deferred suspension following a recommendation issued Feb. 21 by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee. -
New Orleans attorney suspended after alleged failure to comply with probation conditions
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans attorney Jerry L. Settle has been suspended following a Feb. 10 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over allegations that he failed to comply with probation conditions in a 2016 discipline. -
LA Supreme Court – over chief justice's dissent – drops all charges against former Orleans Asst DA in alleged jailhouse informant deal
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans attorney and former Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney Eusi Hekima Phillips will face no charges in a testimony deal he allegedly cut with a jailhouse informant in a murder case more than a decade ago. -
Mostly deferred suspension, probation recommended for New Orleans attorney alleged to have practiced while ineligible in 2014
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans attorney Kemic Alan Smothers faces a possible mostly deferred suspension following a Feb. 10 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation to the state Supreme Court for allegedly providing legal services while ineligible in 2014. -
Permanent disbarment recommended for Covington attorney following 2017 harassment guilty plea
NEW ORLEANS – Disbarred Covington attorney Raymond Charles Burkart III faces possible permanent disbarment following a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) Feb. 10 recommendation to the state Supreme Court. -
Permanent disbarment recommended for New Orleans attorney over alleged conversion of Deepwater Horizon settlement funds
NEW ORLEANS – Ineligible New Orleans attorney Akello Patrice Dangerfield faces possible permanent disbarment following a Jan. 17 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation for allegedly converting about $127,000 in Deepwater Horizon settlement funds. -
Permanent disbarment recommended for suspended Metairie attorney after he allegedly practiced law while ineligible
NEW ORLEANS – Suspended Metairie attorney Arthur L. Harris Sr. faces possible permanent disbarment following a Feb. 6 recommendation by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) hearing committee after he allegedly practiced law while ineligible. -
LADB publicly, conditionally reprimands Columbia attorney over allegations in divorce matter, but does not suspend her
NEW ORLEANS – Columbia attorney Dina Fae Domangue has been publicly reprimanded following a Feb. 6 Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board (LADB) recommendation over alleged misconduct in a divorce proceeding. -
Supreme Court allows Bossier City attorney to permanently resign ahead of disciplinary hearing
NEW ORLEANS — Suspended Bossier City attorney John E. Settle Jr. has been allowed to permanently resign following a Jan. 14 Louisiana Supreme Court order. -
New Orleans attorney permanently disbarred after federal fraud conviction
NEW ORLEANS — Suspended New Orleans attorney Louella P. Givens-Harding has been permanently disbarred following a Jan. 14 Louisiana Supreme Court attorney disciplinary proceeding over her 2017 federal health care fraud conviction. -
West Monroe attorney disbarred for tax fraud faces delay in reinstatement
NEW ORLEANS — West Monroe attorney Francis C. Broussard, disbarred in 2014 follow a tax fraud plea, may have to wait longer to apply for reinstatement following a Feb. 5 recommendation by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board hearing committee. -
Reinstatement recommended for New Iberia attorney who failed to file tax returns
NEW ORLEANS — New Iberia attorney Lynden James Burton, who with his ex-wife and former law partner was suspended last summer following tax filing pleas, may be conditionally reinstated following a Feb. 4 recommendation by a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board hearing committee. -
Disciplinary board recommends Gretna attorney's probation be revoked
NEW ORLEANS — Gretna attorney Tyrone F. Watkins faces possible revocation of his probation following a Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendation to the state Supreme Court.