Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Kilgarlin

WATSON, Justice.*

The Louisiana State Bar Association, through its Chief Disciplinary Counsel, asks that defendant, attorney Ronald J. Kilgarlin, be disbarred from the practice of law.

By a prior opinion rendered October 23, 1989,1 Ronald J. Kilgarlin was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years. That suspension was imposed for Kilgarlin’s commingling and conversion of clients’ funds and otherwise failing to properly represent his clients.

This complaint against attorney Kilgarlin involves the representation of Stephen R. Byer in a worker’s compensation suit. Byer originally…