In re Ethical Complaint Committee on Professional Responsibility File No. 7988

Supreme Court of Louisiana

In re Ethical Complaint Committee on Professional Responsibility File No. 7988

478 So. 2d 1227, 1985 La. LEXIS 10157

CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana

DecidedDecember 13, 1985

DocketNo. 85-OB-2097

StatusPublished

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In re Ethical Complaint Committee on Professional Responsibility File No. 7988, 478 So. 2d 1227, 1985 La. LEXIS 10157 (La. 1985).

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ORDER

Granted in Part and Remanded to Committee on Professional Responsibility, Louisiana State Bar Association.

The Committee on Professional Responsibility has followed the procedure for private reprimands outlined in Art XV, Sec. 5(a), Articles of Incorporation of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Respondent has timely appealed to this Court “for an order commanding the Committee not to send a copy of reprimand to the complainant and other interested parties.”

[1228]*1228Considering that the Committee’s private written reprimand and preceded by only an investigation by the Committee and respondent’s written response, and in light of respondent’s contentions in brief to this Court, we deem it necessary, in fairness to Respondent and the Committee, and in the exercise of our “éxclusive original jurisdiction of disciplinary proceedings against a member of the bar,” La.Const. art. V, § 5(B), to grant the following relief to respondent in connection with his appeal, at this juncture. We remand the matter to the Committee for it to permit the respondent to present his defense in person before the Committee.

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ORDER

Granted in Part and Remanded to Committee on Professional Responsibility, Louisiana State Bar Association.

The Committee on Professional Responsibility has followed the procedure for private reprimands outlined in Art XV, Sec. 5(a), Articles of Incorporation of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Respondent has timely appealed to this Court “for an order commanding the Committee not to send a copy of reprimand to the complainant and other interested parties.”

[1228]*1228Considering that the Committee’s private written reprimand and preceded by only an investigation by the Committee and respondent’s written response, and in light of respondent’s contentions in brief to this Court, we deem it necessary, in fairness to Respondent and the Committee, and in the exercise of our “éxclusive original jurisdiction of disciplinary proceedings against a member of the bar,” La.Const. art. V, § 5(B), to grant the following relief to respondent in connection with his appeal, at this juncture. We remand the matter to the Committee for it to permit the respondent to present his defense in person before the Committee.

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