In re Alderman

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

11 Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 21, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) has filed a petition seeking the imposition of reciprocal discipline against respondent, John W. Alderman, III, an attorney licensed to practice law in the States of Louisiana and West Virginia, based upon discipline imposed by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

UNDERLYING FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1994, shortly after his admission to the West Virginia State Bar, respondent began experiencing severe neck and chest pain due to complications from nerve damage…