ORDER

| Considering the Petition for Interim Suspension filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, and the response thereto filed by respondent,

IT IS ORDERED that Walter P. Reed, Louisiana Bar Roll number 2225, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law on an interim basis pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 19, pending further orders of this court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that necessary disciplinary proceedings be instituted in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, §§ 11 and 19.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, this _day of_, 2016.

FOR THE COURT:

/s/

Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana