FOR IMMEDIATE
NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 082
FROM: CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The opinions
handed down on the 9th day of October,
1998 , are as follows:
PER
CURIAM :
98-B
- 1349 IN RE: J. BLAKE DESHOTELS
C/W DISCIPLINARY
PROCEEDINGS
98-B - 1350
Upon review of the findings and recommendations of
the hearing committee and disciplinary board, and
considering the record, oral arguments and briefs,
it is the decision of this court that respondent,
J. Blake Deshotels, be suspended from the practice
of law for a period of six months, with all but sixty
days of this suspension deferred. It is further ordered
that following completion of the active portion of
his suspension, respondent shall be placed on probation
for a period of two years. As a condition of probation,
respondent shall enroll in the Lawyer's Assistance
Program and comply with that program's monitoring
conditions. All costs of these proceedings, in the
amount of $1,160.80, are assessed against respondent.
TRAYLOR, J.
- not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
98-B
- 1476 IN RE: WINTHROP G. GARDNER
DISCIPLINARY
PROCEEDINGS
For the reasons
assigned, the recommendations of the hearing committee
and disciplinary board are vacated and set aside.
The matter is remanded to the hearing committee for
a formal hearing, at which time respondent should
be allowed to partcipate and present relevant evidence.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the committee should
make a new recommendation to the disciplinary board,
which in turn shall file a new recommendation with
this court.
MARCUS, J.
- not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
