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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 99-B-3042 IN RE: ERIC R. BISSEL

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS PER CURIAM*
This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") against respondent, Eric R. Bissel, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS The underlying facts are not in dispute. In 1993, the heirs of Gladys O. Syrdal retained respondent in connection with proceedings involving Mrs. Syrdal's estate. Because respondent's clients resided outside Louisiana, respondent was an authorized signatory on a checking account maintained in the name of the estate at a local bank. Over a two-year period beginning in April 1994, respondent, without the knowledge of his clients, wrote numerous checks on this account for his own use, eventually totaling $28,180. In April 1996, respondent confessed his misconduct to his clients. By that time, respondent had reimbursed $26,575 of the funds he had taken from the account.1 DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

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Lemmon, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part II,

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