Louisiana State Bar Association v. Wheeler

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

This court’s Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances, upon the complaint of the firm of Heineke, Conklin, and Schrader of Chicago, Illinois, contained in a letter dated April 20, 1960, instituted this proceeding against Thomas B. Wheeler, an attorney practicing in New Orleans, under the original jurisdiction vested in us by Section 10 of Article VII of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, seeking his disbarment on charges of professional and ethical misconduct.

The petition, predicated on two specifications drawn by the committee following a full hearing, charges,…