Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Russell

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

WATSON, Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding against Otis Romaine Russell brought by the Louisiana State Bar Association through its Committee on Professional Responsibility. The Supreme Court of Louisiana has original jurisdiction in disciplinary proceedings by the Louisiana State Bar Association against one of its members. Art. V, Section 5(B), Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Attorney Russell was convicted on June 4, 1975, of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 by conspiring with others to obstruct justice in the United States District Court for the Middle District of…