FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 032

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinion handed down on the 11th day of May, 2007, is as follows:

 

PER CURIAM:

2006-B -2791 IN RE: JOSEPH M. BRUNO
(Disciplinary Proceedings)
Upon review of the findings and recommendations of the hearing committee and disciplinary board, and considering the record, briefs, and oral argument, it is ordered that Joseph M. Bruno,Louisiana Bar Roll number 3604, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law for three years, with eighteen months deferred. All costs and expenses in the matter are assessed against respondent in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 10.1, with legal interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality of this court's judgment until paid.

VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns brief reasons.