In re Cohen

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.

| .PER CURIAM.

This disciplinary matter arises from one count of formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Adam Samuel Cohen, an attorney formerly licensed to practice law in Louisiana, but currently disbarred.1

*485UNDERLYING FACTS

On January 5, 1998, Larry Jones paid respondent $850 to represent him in a criminal matter. State v. Jones, No. 97-7138 on the docket of the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson. At the time respondent accepted these funds, he was ineligible to practice law;2 however, he…