Legal Opinion

In re Collinsworth

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 21, 2001No. 2001-B-1628PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

| .PER CURIAM.*

This disciplinary matter stems from two counts of formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, John D. Collinsworth, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana but who is currently ineligible to practice.

UNDERLYING FACTS

Respondent, while employed at the law firm of Shuey & Smith, L.L.C., received a check in the amount of $4,418.12 from his clients, Cecil and Pamela Mims, for payment of state inheritance taxes in the matter involving the Succession of Mildred Mims Anthony. Rather than remitting the funds to the State of Louisiana,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. WhittingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. ReisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  3. In re SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  4. In Re ParkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
  5. In re CaverSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In re CollinsworthSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  2. In re DowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
  3. In re TurnageSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  4. In re TookeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004
  5. In re AliSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002

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