In re Zanders

187 So. 3d 994, 2016 La. LEXIS 717, 2016 WL 1175645

• Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana
• Decided: March 24, 2016
• Docket: No. 2016-B-0289
• Status: Published

Opinion

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY ‘ PROCEEDING

PER CURIAM.

|,The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) commenced an investigation into allegations that respondent neglected a legal matter, resulting in the prescription of the client’s claim, and failed to inform the client that her claim had prescribed. Respondent and the ODC submitted a joint petition for consent discipline. Having reviewed the petition,

IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Consent Discipline be accepted and that Willie M. Zanders, Louisiana Bar Roll number 13778, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year and one day, with all but sixty days deferred, followed by 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 portion of the suspension execu-tory, 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.