In Re Bailey

| ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM. *

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 21(A), the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) filed this reciprocal discipline proceeding against respondent, Joseph W. Bailey, an attorney licensed to practice law in the States of Louisiana and Texas, based upon discipline imposed by the State Bar of Texas.

UNDERLYING FACTS

In July 1993, respondent was appointed Guardian Ad Litem for Antoinette Gardner for purposes of a pending lawsuit. The lawsuit ultimately settled for $40,000. On May 20, 1994, the court executed an Order to Allocate Funds, which…