LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASS'N v. ESTIVERNE

No. 86-B-1229.

512 So.2d 417 (1987)

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. Nicolas ESTIVERNE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Collins, Jr., G. Fred Ours, New Orleans, Gerard F. Thomas, Jr., Natchitoches, Roland J. Achee, Shreveport, Robert J. Boudreau, Lake Charles, Robert M. Contois, New Orleans, Frank J. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, Carrick R. Inabnett, Monroe, Harvey Lewis, New Orleans, Alfred S. Landry, New Iberia, and Philippi P. St. Pe, Metairie, for applicant.

Nicholas Estiverne, pro se.

Vernon P. Thomas, New Orleans, for respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding against a Louisiana attorney. The principal question is the extent of the penalty to be imposed upon respondent for violation of the disciplinary rules by making harassing telephone calls to two doctors who had examined respondent's client.

The incident arose in the course of respondent's representation of Leroy Thomas in connection with a worker's compensation claim. After Thomas had undergone medical treatment...

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