FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE	NEWS RELEASE #08
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

 

The Per Curiam handed down on the 29th day of January, 2010, is as follows:

 

PER CURIAM:

2009-B -1868 IN RE: CHARLES R. WHITEHEAD, III

Chief Justice Kimball not participating in the opinion.

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 Charles R. Whitehead, III, Louisiana Bar Roll number 17862, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years. It is further ordered that all but one year and one day of the suspension shall be 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.