Legal Opinion

In re Duplechain

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 17, 2014No. 2013-B-2423Published

1Opinion of the Court

*844ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

2Per curiam

11 This disciplinary matter arises from formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Gary P. Duplechain, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

FORMAL CHARGES

Respondent operated a real estate title company under the name GPD Title, LLC (“GPD Title”) from January 2005 until August 2010. Between January 2006 and June 2010, GPD Title acted as an agent for Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (“Commonwealth”). Under that agency relationship, GPD Title closed real estate transactions, collected title…

3Cases cited7 opinions

Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. ReisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
In Re BanksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
La. State Bar Ass'n v. HinrichsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
In re DonnanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
In re GrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003

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