Opinion

In re Williams-Bensaadat

  • 181 So. 3d 684
  • 2015 La. LEXIS 2622
  • 2015 WL 8676620
Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Filed
Nov 6, 2015
Status
Published
Author
Weimer
On the bench
Reasons, Weimer
Cited by
1 cases

The opinion

WEIMER, J.,

concurring in part, dissenting in part.

hi agree with the majority that the respondent has engaged in professional misconduct. However, I respectfully disagree with the majority’s sanction.

Given the findings by the hearing committee and the disciplinary board, and given that each of those tribunals would have imposed a significantly lesser sanction than that imposed by the majority, I believe a lesser period of active suspension than that imposed by the majority would satisfy the purposes of the attorney disciplinary system.

On the other hand, because of the respondent’s prior discipline, .the respondent does not merit the downward deviation from a suspension to the reprimand issued by the disciplinary board.

Between these two extremes of the majority’s suspension of one year with six months deferred and the disciplinary board’s reprimand, I would impose' a suspension of one year but deferred with an active period of 90 days suspended from the practice of law.

In other respects, I fully concur with the majority’s imposition of supervised probation of two years with conditions, including the requirement to successfully complete the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Ethics School. .⅞.,

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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