Case ID: so3d_208/html/0370-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "/s/ John L. Weimer", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF the DISCIPLINARY BOARD
    NO. 16-PDB-049
    NO. 2016-OB-1933
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    01/09/2017
   ORDER

| jBased on our review of the record, we find the disciplinary board was arbitrary and capricious in dismissing the complaint. This court’s opinion in In re: Bilbe, 02-1740 (La. 2/7/03), 841 So.2d 729, is limited to the unique facts presented and does not stand for the blanket proposition that an attorney’s failure to pay litigation-related expenses can never constitute conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. Accordingly, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 11(B), this matter is remanded to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to conduct further investigation and to institute formal charges, if appropriate.

FOR THE COURT:

/s/ John L. Weimer

JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA