In re Burnham

Supreme Court of Louisiana
In re Burnham, 162 So. 3d 371 (La. 2015)
2015 La. LEXIS 588; 2015 WL 992045
Knoll, Reasons

In re Burnham

Opinion of the Court

In re: Timothy B. Burnham; — Plaintiff; Applying For Petition for Readmission Office of Disciplinary Board, No. 14-DB-003.

L Readmission Denied.

KNOLL, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part for reasons assigned.

Concurring in Part

KNOLL, J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

LI concur in the denial of petitioner’s readmission.

I write separately to further note there is no absolute right for a disbarred attorney to seek readmission. Given the egregious nature of petitioner’s criminal and immoral conduct, I can conceive of no circumstance under which I would readmit petitioner to the practice of law in Louisiana. Under our plenary power over the practice of law, we should order that petitioner be prohibited from filing any application for readmission in the future.

*372Thus, I object to allowing petitioner to reapply in three years and would permanently enjoin petitioner from reapplying in the future.

Reference

Full Case Name
In re Timothy B. BURNHAM
Status
Published