FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 109

FROM : CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 16th day of December, 1999 , are as follows:

PER CURIAM :

99-B- 1783 IN RE: BARRY E. EDWARDS

Upon review of the findings and recommendation of the disciplinary board, and considering the record, it is ordered Barry E. Edwards be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension, followed by a two-year period of supervised probation, subject to the following conditions listed herein:

All costs and expenses in this matter are assessed against respondent in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, Section 10.1, with legal interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality of this court's judgment until paid.

LEMMON, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.

TRAYLOR, J., dissents and would impose more severe sanctions.