Case Name: IN RE: Gerald Joseph ASAY
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2019-01-18
Citations: 261 So. 3d 779
Docket Number: NO. 2018-B-2002
Parties: IN RE: Gerald Joseph ASAY
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 261
Pages: 779–780

Head Matter:
IN RE: Gerald Joseph ASAY
NO. 2018-B-2002
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 18, 2019
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Respondent entered an Alford plea to one count of negligent injuring. Prior to the filing of formal charges, respondent and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel submitted a joint petition for consent discipline. Having reviewed the petition, IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Consent Discipline be accepted and that Gerald Joseph Asay, Louisiana Bar Roll number 31604, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years, retroactive to July 21, 2015, the date of his interim suspension.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all costs and expenses in the matter are assessed against respondent in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 10.1, with legal interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality of this court's judgment until paid.