In Re: Mark G. Simmons

Summary

The Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed the disciplinary board’s recommendation, suspending Mark G. Simmons for one year and one day, with all but sixty days deferred and two years of supervised probation, finding his conduct—mismanagement of a client trust account, failure to communicate, neglect of a legal matter, and intentional obstruction of the ODC—violated the Rules of Professional Conduct. Justice CRICHTON, dissenting, argued the discipline was too lenient, while Justice Hughes, dissenting, would have imposed only the hearing committee’s sanctions.