In re Morris

139 So. 3d 989, 2014 WL 2694186, 2014 La. LEXIS 1157

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: May 16, 2014
• Docket: No. 2014-B-0730
• Status: Published

Opinion

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM.

| Respondent and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel submitted a joint petition for consent discipline in which the parties agreed that respondent has engaged in conduct that violated Rules 1.3,1.4(a)(3)(4), 1.5(f)(3), 1.16, 8.1(c), and 8.4(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Having reviewed the petition,

IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Consent Discipline be accepted and that Devin W. Morris, Louisiana Bar Roll number 30162, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year and one day. This suspension shall be deferred in its entirety, subject to respondent’s successful completion of a one-year period of unsupervised probation governed by the terms and conditions set forth in the Petition for Consent Discipline. The probationary period shall commence from the date respondent and the ODC execute a formal probation plan. Any failure of respondent to comply with the conditions of probation, or any misconduct during the probationary period, may be grounds for making the deferred suspension executory, or imposing additional discipline, as appropriate.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all costs and expenses in the matter are assessed against respondent in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 10.1, with legal interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality of this court’s judgment until paid.