In re Gerdes

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS ■

This attorney disciplinary proceeding involves ten counts of misconduct filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Louis A. Gerdes, Jr., an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana.1

UNDERLYING FACTS

Count I — Jones Matter

In December 1992, Latonya Jones retained respondent to represent her two minor children in a case against her landlord for lead poisoning exposure. Since Ms. Jones was only seventeen years old, respondent named Cynthia Knight, Ms. Jones’ sister, as the plaintiff in the suit instituted on behalf of the…