In re Ransome

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM.*

This disciplinary matter arises from formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Darlene Sansone Ransome, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS

During all times pertinent to these proceedings, respondent was the sole owner and president of ALDAR Investments, Inc. (“Aldar”), a company involved as *99plaintiff in an antitrust suit against Jefferson Downs Corporation in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.1 Aldar retained a Washington, D.C. law firm,…