2022-2023 Annual Requirements

If you have not yet updated your Trust Account Disclosure and Overdraft Notification Authorization Form as required under La. Sup. Ct. Rule XIX, Sec. 8, please do so now via the LADB Trust Account website. This process takes only a few minutes. If you fail to submit your Trust Account Disclosure and Overdraft Notification Authorization Form by the close of business on Wednesday, August  31, 2022 you will incur a $25.00 delinquency penalty.

To avoid being certified as ineligible, submit your trust account information no later than the close of business on Friday, September 16, 2022. If you are certified as ineligible, a reinstatement fee of $25.00, in addition to the delinquency penalty, will apply.

No Trust Account? Emeritus status? Rule XIX still requires that you file your Trust Account Disclosure Form. Please follow the instructions provided on the LADB Trust Account website.

Recent Rules and Decisions

IN RE WILLIAM K. HAWKINS (Ponchatoula), 2022-B-0675 (6/28/2022): The Court disbarred the respondent for neglecting legal matters, failing to communicate with clients, failing to provide client files upon request, and failing to cooperate with the ODC in its investigations. The factual allegations in the formal charges were deemed admitted pursuant to Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XIX, §11(E)(3).

IN RE GEORGE ALLEN ROTH WALSH (Baton Rouge), 2022-B-0695 (6/28/2022): The Court disbarred the respondent based upon his guilty plea to first offense DWI and his failure to cooperate with ODC’s investigation. The factual allegations in the formal charges were deemed admitted pursuant to Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XIX, §11(E)(3).

Consent Discipline:

IN RE KENNETH J. BECK (New Orleans), 2022-B-0871 (6/28/22): The Court suspended the respondent for eighteen months, with all but ninety days deferred, for neglecting legal matters, failing to communicate with clients, disobeying court orders, and failing to cooperate with ODC’s investigation.

IN RE MONIQUE H. FIELDS (Baker), 2022-B-0827 (6/28/22): The Court suspended the respondent for one year and one day, with all but thirty days deferred, for mishandling her trust account.

IN RE CAROL S. HUNTER (Broussard), 2022-B-0899 (6/28/22): The Court suspended the respondent for six months, fully deferred, for notarizing a will that was executed by the testator outside of the presence of the witnesses.

*Retraction: The previously issued July Nota Bene included incorrect information concerning the following consent discipline matter. The correct information is as follows:

*IN RE BYRON C. WILLIAMS (New Orleans), 2022-B-0911 (6/28/2022): The Court suspended the respondent for one year and one day based upon allegations that, while serving as a judge, he engaged in the unwelcome touching of several women and acted inappropriately in the courtroom.