Concurrent-Misconduct Aggregation Under Chatelain: Disbarment and Mandatory Fee Arbitration as a Readmission Condition Case: IN RE: DREW M. LOUVIERE, No. 2026-B-0036 Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana...
Fee-Splitting and Co-Counsel “Joint Ventures” Must Comply with RPC 1.5(e): Noncompliant Agreements Unenforceable 1. Introduction Ike Spears v. William W. Hall (La. 2026-03-06) arises from a failed...
Post-Termination LLCs Are Separate Property: Louisiana Rejects the “Substitute Corporation” Theory in Community-Property Classification Case: MICHAEL B. REIS, JR. VS. MANDY POHLMANN REIS Court:...
State v. Cloudie: Excluding “Child Sexual Abuse” Diagnoses Based Solely on a Child’s Disclosure Under La. C.E. arts. 702 and 403 I. Introduction In State of Louisiana v. Christopher Cloudie (La....
Louisiana Land-Use Judicial Review: No “De Novo Review” of Local Decisions; Courts Apply Only Arbitrary-and-Capricious Deference 1. Introduction In BEVERLY ALEXANDER; RISE ST. JAMES; INCLUSIVE...
Unconditional First-Party Insurance Tenders Interrupt Prescription—Including Against LIGA Under Policy Suit-Limitation Clauses 1. Introduction Cynthia Bryan, Aubry Bryan, Jr., Aunya Bryan, and Glenda...
Under Pre-2026 Louisiana Tax Sales, “Statutory Impositions” (Including Decades-Old Ad Valorem Taxes) Must Be Included in the Tax Sale Price and Redemption Price 1. Introduction Case: Esplanade Mall...
In re Judge Sheva Sims: Judicial Misconduct Found for Independent Fact-Finding and Patterned Legal Error; Court Rejects Vehicle-Misuse Count on “Unique Circumstances” and Sets Proportional Cost...
Louisiana Ports May Not Expropriate Property Solely to Lease for a Private Company’s Exclusive Use (Post-2006 “Public Purpose” Limits) 1. Introduction In Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District...
Due Process Limits Article 198’s One-Year Peremption When the Child Was Born and Raised in the Biological Father’s Family Unit I. Introduction In Sarah Allen Davidson v. Terrance Hardy (La....
On Collateral Review, Counsel’s Prevention of Defendant Testimony Is Litigated Under Strickland (Not Automatic Reversal), and Proof Need Not Come Exclusively from Trial Counsel Case: State of...
Omission of “Not Guilty” from a Written Responsive-Verdict Form Is Patent, Reviewable Error Subject to Harmless-Error Review 1. Introduction In State of Louisiana v. Michael Steven White (La. 2026),...
LMMA Covers Nursing-Home Management Underfunding/Understaffing Claims as Medical Malpractice Without a “Hands-On Care” Requirement Case: Sandtrell Broden, et al. v. Priority Management Group, L.L.C.,...
In re: Muriel Offan Van Horn — Baseline One-Year-and-One-Day Suspension for Knowing Neglect/Noncooperation; Enhanced Suspension and Restitution for Multi-Count Misconduct with Client Harm Court:...
Unruled Defense Motions Suspend Louisiana’s Article 578 Trial Deadline; Bond Motions and Pre-Indictment Filings Do Not Carry the Clock Case: State of Louisiana v. Travis Demond Joseph, No....
Overlapping Misconduct Is Sanctioned as a Single Case: Applying Chatelain to Impose a Lengthier, Retroactive Suspension in a Deemed-Admitted Proceeding 1. Introduction In re: George R. Knox (La. Jan....
Deemed-Admitted Discipline and the “One Year and One Day” Suspension for Client-Conduit Contact, Neglect, and Noncooperation 1. Introduction In re: Jonathan Curry Harris (Supreme Court of Louisiana,...
Deemed-Admitted Discipline Requires Proof of Rule Violations (Not Mere Conclusions) and Post-Charge Nonparticipation Is Not an Aggravator Case: In re: Daniel B. Barzare, No. 2025-B-1343 (La. Jan. 21,...
Deemed-Admitted Discipline: Facts Are Conclusively Established, but Rule Violations Must Still Be Legally Apparent Case: IN RE: LINDSEY J. LEAVOY Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana Date: January 21,...
Discretionary Stays and Prompt Resolution of Wrongful Conviction Compensation Claims in Louisiana Commentary on Dwayne Williams v. State of Louisiana, 2025-KK-00688 (La. Dec. 18, 2025) I....