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IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF the DISCIPLINARY BOARD

Louisiana Supreme Court2017-01-09No. NO. 16-PDB-049; NO. 2016-OB-1933
208 So. 3d 370

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ORDER

jBased on our review of the record, we find the disciplinary board was arbitrary and capricious in dismissing the complaint. This court’s opinion in In re: Bilbe, 02-1740 (La. 2/7/03), 841 So.2d 729, is limited to the unique facts presented and does not stand for the blanket proposition that an attorney’s failure to pay litigation-related expenses can never constitute conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. Accordingly, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 11(B), this matter is remanded to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to conduct further investigation and to institute formal charges, if appropriate. FOR THE COURT:

/s/ John L. Weimer

JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA