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09/23/2011 "See News Release 061 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 11-B-1144 IN RE: ELISE M. BEAUCHAMP ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS PER CURIAM*
This disciplinary matter arises from formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") against respondent, Elise M. Beauchamp, an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana, but currently ineligible to practice.1

PRIOR DISCIPLINARY HISTORY Before we address the current charges, we find it helpful to review respondent's prior disciplinary history. Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in 1987. In 2002, respondent submitted a petition for consent discipline to this court wherein she admitted that she neglected her clients' legal matters, failed to communicate with her clients, failed to provide accountings or return unearned fees at the conclusion of her representation of her clients, and failed to expedite litigation. The court accepted the petition for consent discipline and suspended respondent from the practice of law for one year and one day, fully deferred, subject to two years of probation with conditions. In re: Beauchamp, 021389 (La. 6/13/02), 821 So. 2d 1281 ("Beauchamp I").
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Chief Justice Kimball not participating in the opinion.

Respondent has been ineligible to practice law since 2009 for failing to pay bar dues and the disciplinary assessment, failing to fulfill mandatory continuing legal education requirements, and failing to file trust account disclosure statements.

Against this backdrop, we now turn to a consideration of the misconduct at issue in the present proceeding. FORMAL CHARGES Count I

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