In re Cook

*670|,ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

This disciplinary matter arises from formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Richard B. Cook, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS

In November 1996, respondent began representing the plaintiffs in a civil matter captioned Evelyn Faye Allen, et al. v. Richard Stalder, et al., No. 95-1118 on the docket of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Alexandria Division, Judge F.A. Little, Jr. presiding (hereinafter referred to as “Allen”). The plaintiffs in…