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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 00-B-0161 IN RE: DAVID L. LEVINGSTON

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS PER CURIAM*
This disciplinary matter arises from a petition for consent discipline filed by respondent, David L. Levingston, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana but who is currently suspended.1 The Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") concurred in respondent's petition, and the disciplinary board recommended the proposed discipline be accepted.

UNDERLYING FACTS In September 1995, Rufus Meyers retained respondent to handle the succession of his late wife, Erika Meyers. The succession was not complicated or unusual; no administration was necessary and respondent was simply required to put Mrs. Meyers' heirs in possession of her estate. Nevertheless, respondent charged a legal fee of $47,221.49 in the matter.2 The ODC alleges this fee is grossly excessive and that

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

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