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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 00-B-1304 IN RE: NEIL M. TRICHEL

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS PER CURIAM*
This disciplinary matter arises from one count of formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") against respondent, Neil M. Trichel, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS In 1989, Guy Modica, a Baton Rouge attorney, filed suit on behalf of his former wife, Rose Mary, against a contractor who performed allegedly defective construction and remodeling work at Ms. Modica's Shreveport residence. Rose Mary Modica v. John R. Gentry, et al., No. 355819 on the docket of the First Judicial District Court for the Parish of Caddo. In 1991, Mr. Modica obtained a default judgment against the contractor. Thereafter, Ms. Modica suggested to her former husband that respondent, whom she knew from his work at a local hospital where she was employed, be retained to complete the matter. Mr. Modica agreed and contacted respondent. In August 1994, Mr. Modica sent respondent his file in the matter and asked him to confirm the previously entered default judgment, which Mr. Modica would then attempt to collect.1 Respondent apparently consented to this arrangement.

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

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