Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Meyer

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

WATSON, Justice.

In this disciplinary proceeding by the Louisiana State Bar Association against attorney John Francis Meyer, the Supreme Court of Louisiana has original jurisdiction. LSA-Const.1974, Art. V, § 5(B).1. On April 27, 1983, Meyer was convicted by a jury on five counts of false statements to a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 10142 and sentenced to concurrent sentences of eight months.3 Meyer was later convicted by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on six counts of defrauding the United States in…