Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Shapiro

MARCUS, Justice.

The Louisiana State Bar Association, through its Committee on Professional Responsibility, instituted this disciplinary proceeding against Alfred B. Shapiro, a member of said association. The Committee’s petition for disciplinary action is based upon respondent’s final convictions resulting from a plea of guilty to two counts of distribution of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

On September 17, 1980, Alfred B. Shapiro was indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess…