LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASS'N v. HOPKINS

No. 82-B-1362.

447 So.2d 464 (1984)

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. H. Book HOPKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Collins, Jr., Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, Robert J. Boudreaux, Sam J. D'Amico, Baton Rouge, Carrick R. Inabnett, Monroe, Harold J. Lamy, New Orleans, Alfred S. Landry, New Iberia, Philippi P. St. Pee, Metairie, Roland J. Achee, Shreveport, Gerard F. Thomas, Natchitoches, for relator.

Emile A. Carmouche, Gretna, for respondent.


DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

DENNIS, Justice.

The Louisiana State Bar Association, through its Committee on Professional Responsibility, brought this disciplinary proceeding against one of its members, H. Book Hopkins. We conclude that Mr. Hopkins violated the Code of Professional Responsibility by failing to maintain an accurate accounting of a client's settlement funds, by failing to promptly pay or deliver the client's portion of the settlement and, lastly...

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