LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASS'N v. YOUNG

No. 87-B-2315.

534 So.2d 948 (1988)

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. James E. YOUNG, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Collins, Jr., G. Fred Ours, New Orleans, Gerard F. Thomas, 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, Philippi P. St. Pe, Metairie, Trevor G. Bryan, Elizabeth A. Alston, New Orleans, Christine Lipsey, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

James Young, Jr., New Orleans, pro se.

Vernon P. Thomas, New Orleans, for respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

This disciplinary proceeding involves respondent's misconduct in handling a client's funds.

Respondent was the attorney for the Succession of Thelma R. Taylor. Included among the $200,000 in succession assets was a one-sixth interest in certain immovable property that had been inherited by the decedent.

Janice Etienne had offered to buy the property for $10,000 and had given a $1,000 deposit to an attorney who represented other owners...

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