Legal Opinion

In re Dixon

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 17, 1995No. 94-B-3084PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*741DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

1 PER CURIAM *.

Respondent, Cazeline Hebert Dixon, was formally charged with several violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, specifically for the following conduct. Ms. Dixon negligently permitted her client’s cause of action to prescribe by failing to file suit, in violation of Rule 1.3, which requires lawyers to act with diligence on behalf of their clients. Ms. Dixon subsequently did not inform her client that the suit was prescribed until three months after this occurred, in violation of Rule 1.4 governing communication with clients. When she informed her…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re SchaeferSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  2. In re BruscatoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
  3. In re DixonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995

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