Supreme Court Suspends Veteran Attorney for Misconduct

The Louisiana Supreme Court last week suspended a veteran attorney with a history of disciplinary actions for a period of one year and one day. The court said Donald Dobbins’ misconduct would typically warrant a two-year bar from the practice of law, but given the delay in the initiation of the proceedings against him, it decided to shorten the suspension. The misconduct underlying the court’s ruling took place between 2006 and 2012. The charges included allegations that Dobbins mishandled a succession action, a child custody dispute, an employment claim, two personal injury acti...