In re Crooks

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY • PROCEEDINGS

LPER CURIAM. *

This disciplinary matter arises from a petition for consent discipline filed prior to the institution of formal charges by respondent, Leonard William Crooks, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) concurred in respondent’s petition, and the disciplinary board recommended the proposed consent discipline be accepted.

UNDERLYING FACTS

The record of this matter reveals that respondent has improperly used his client trust account on at least three occasions. In the first instance; respondent drew…