Trelles v. Continental Casualty Co.

|2In this appeal, plaintiff challenges the judgment of the trial court, granting the defendant insurer’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing plaintiffs claim under a lawyer’s professional liability policy for attorney’s fees and costs incurred in a disciplinary proceeding instituted against plaintiff. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

By letter dated October 28, 2010, on the letterhead of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Office of the Disciplinary Counsel, plaintiff, George Trelles, an attorney practicing in Louisiana, was advised that a complaint…