Court Opinion

ID: 4809926
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-21 10:26:19.340102+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:10:34.469320
License: Public Domain

CLARK, J.,
dissenting.
hi would deny reinstatement.
Petitioner was charged with two felony crimes against persons, simple rape and second degree battery. Petitioner pled guilty to an amended charge of simple battery, a misdemeanor, in the battery case. Petitioner then pled guilty to an amended charge of second degree battery, a felony, in the rape case, acknowledging that he “did commit a battery by sexual conduct upon [his victim, an employee of his firm].”
A license to practice law in Louisiana is a privilege, not a right, and petitioner has shown by his abhorrent conduct that he is not entitled to that privilege. Further, the Court is reinstating to the Bar a person who has admitted to committing two crimes of violence, one of a sexual nature, conduct we likely would not accept in a new applicant for admission.
By reinstating petitioner to the Louisiana Bar, the Court is lowering the standards demanded of members of the Bar.