FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE	NEWS RELEASE #02
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

 

The Per Curiam handed down on the 8th day of January, 2010, is as follows:

 

PER CURIAM:

2009-B -1560 IN RE: CRAIG HUNTER KING

Judge Benjamin Jones, of the Fourth Judicial District Court, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participating in the decision.

Upon review of the findings and recommendations of the hearing committee and the disciplinary board, and considering the record, briefs, and oral argument, it is ordered that Craig Hunter King, Louisiana Bar Roll number 19945, be and he hereby is disbarred, retroactive to June 26, 2007, the date of his interim suspension. His name shall be stricken from the roll of attorneys and his license to practice law in the State of Louisiana shall be revoked. 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.

JOHNSON, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
KNOLL, J., concurs in result.
GUIDRY, J., concurs and assigns additional reasons.
JONES, J., dissents and assigns reasons.