Legal Opinion

In re Turnage

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 16, 2012No. 2012-B-2008Published

1Opinion of the Court

*398| ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM.*

This disciplinary matter arises from formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, James David Turnage, a disbarred attorney.

PRIOR DISCIPLINARY HISTORY

Before we address the current charges, we find it helpful to review respondent’s prior disciplinary history. Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in 1993. In 2002, this court disbarred respondent for abandoning his clients’ legal matters, failing to communicate with them regarding the status of their cases, and commingling and…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. WhittingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. ReisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
  3. In Re BanksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
  4. In re DonnanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  5. In re JeffersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004

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