In re Pinkston

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

LPER CURIAM.

This disciplinary proceeding involves six counts of misconduct1 stemming from two sets of formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Donald O. Pinkston, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana but currently suspended from the practice of law for conduct unrelated to the instant proceedings.

UNDERLYING FACTS

Small Matter

In 1993, Dwayne Small, respondent’s stepson, pled guilty to manslaughter pursuant to a plea agreement in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Section “C.” Mr. Small was sentenced…