LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASS'N v. DUMAINE

No. 87-B-2295.

538 So.2d 270 (1989)

LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. Arthur F. DUMAINE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Collins, Jr., G. Fred Ours, New Orleans, Gerald 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. Pé, Metairie, Trevor G. Bryan, Elizabeth A. Alston, New Orleans and Christine Lipsey, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Arthur Dumaine, New Orleans, and Ernest Souhlas, Metairie, for respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

The Louisiana State Bar Association, appearing through its Committee on Professional Responsibility, instituted this disciplinary proceeding against Arthur F. Dumaine by Petition filed on October 27, 1987. The charge of misconduct came to the attention of the Bar Association in August of 1986 when Edna Matherne filed a complaint with the Committee on Professional Responsibility alleging that respondent "took retainers from us, did not file case...

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