The Louisiana Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the law license of a prominent Baton Rouge civil rights attorney.
In an April 2 order, the court granted a petition from the state Office of Disciplinary Counsel to suspend Ronald Sidney Haley Jr. because of concerns he poses a “threat of harm.” The court also ordered the ODC to protect Haley’s clients by appointing trustees to protect their interests.
The details behind Haley’s suspension have not been released.
In recent years, Haley has been involved in several high-profile cases, such as the 2019 death of Ronald Greene while he was in custody of the Louisiana State Police. He also represented a Zachary family whose daughter was forced to clean up her own feces as school.
In 2021, the state Supreme Court suspended Haley for a year and a day after he admitted to neglecting a legal matter, failing to communicate with a client and attempting to settle a malpractice claim inappropriately. All but six months of that suspension was deferred, and Haley was required to complete ethics training.
The court dismissed a petition in 2023 to enforce the deferred part of that suspension.