Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2015

In re Settle

In re Settle
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided February 6, 2015 · Johnson
160 So. 3d 582; 2015 La. LEXIS 343; 2015 WL 1085910 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

In re Settle

Dissenting Opinion

JOHNSON, C.J.

dissents.

I reject the consent discipline.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Respondent and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) submitted a joint petition for consent discipline in which respondent acknowledges that he disrupted the courts of two judges and compromised the confidentiality of a Judiciary Commission investigation. Having reviewed the petition,

IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Consent Discipline be accepted and that *583John E. Settle, Jr., Louisiana Bar Roll' number 11950, be and he hereby is publicly reprimanded.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 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.

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