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Opinion released March 24, 2000

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 00-B-0160 IN RE: KEVIN JOSEPH BOUTON

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS PER CURIAM*
This matter arises from a petition for consent discipline filed jointly by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") and respondent, Kevin Joseph Bouton, an attorney who is currently on interim suspension.1

UNDERLYING FACTS2 The ODC commenced an investigation in this matter after receiving notification that respondent had abandoned his clients and his law practice. The ODC

subsequently discovered that respondent's wife had embezzled funds from her employer and given the funds to respondent; in turn, respondent deposited the stolen funds in his client trust account and then withdrew them for the personal use of himself and his wife.3 Sometime in June 1999, respondent fled the state. He gave no notice
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Victory, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part II,

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