In re Patrick

*540ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

|1PER CURIAM. *

This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from five counts of formal charges the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) filed against respondent, Robert E. Patrick, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana.1 The charges allege respondent failed to maintain an appropriate balance in his client trust account, then modified copies of bank statements he produced to the ODC in an attempt to hide his wrongdoing.

UNDERLYING FACTS

Count I

Respondent served as closing notary in a real estate transaction on August 16, 1996, involving…