In re Banks

*614ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

hPER CURIAM.*

This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from formal charges instituted by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, James M. Banks, Jr., an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana. Both the hearing committee and the disciplinary board recommended respondent be disbarred from the practice of law. For the reasons assigned, we now adopt that recommendation.

UNDERLYING FACTS

The ODC filed three separate sets of formal charges -in this matter, consisting of a total of thirteen counts of misconduct.1 For the…