Legal Opinion
In Re Novo
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 25, 1942No. 36012PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
The Supreme Court Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances, upon the complaint of the Alexandria Bar Association, instituted this proceeding against Lee J. Novo, an attorney of the Alexandria bar, seeking his disbarment on charges of professional and ethical misconduct.
The action is predicated on the defendant’s alleged violation of his duty (1) toward the Rev. A. Cliff Searcy, Novo’s client in the matter of Searcy v. Interurban Transportation Company et al., 189 La. 183, 179 So. 75, because of his settlement with Searcy for an amount less than that agreed upon, as…
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