Legal Opinion · Dissent

In re Bruscato

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 4, 1999No. 99-B-0287Published

1DissentIt Johnson, J.

This court has determined that respondent’s conduct in permitting a client’s lawsuit to prescribe, and concealing the fact that the case had prescribed for over three years, warrants a sixty day suspension from the practice of law. A sixty day suspension is far more lenient than other suspensions recently imposed by this court. In In Re:Dixon, 94-3084 (La.2/17/95), 650 So.2d 740, this court imposed a 180 day suspension for the respondent who permitted a client’s case to prescribe. In In Re: LeBlanc, 97-1056 (La.9/19/97), 699 So.2d 378, respondent failed to file a response to a motion for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re LeBlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1997
  2. In re DixonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995

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