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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 97-B-1295 IN RE: JESSIE N. GROS, III

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM* This disciplinary proceeding arises from two counts of formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) against respondent, Jessie N. Gros, III, a currently disbarred attorney.1 Count I alleged that respondent failed, neglected or

refused to file suit and failed to communicate with his client, in violation of Rules 1.1(a), 1.3, 1.4 and 8.4(a). Count II alleged

that respondent misled his client and commingled and converted client funds, in violation of Rules 1.1(a), 1.3, 1.4, 1.15 and 8.4(a) and (c). The respondent's underlying facts of in Ms. the first Bell count for involve a 1987 In

representation

Donna

pedestrian-vehicle accident involving her daughter, Aisha.

April of 1990, Ms. Bell retained respondent to represent her on behalf of her daughter. Ms. Bell made numerous requests over the

following five years to attain information on the progress of her daughter's case and a copy of the file. communicate with her. Respondent would not

Ms. Bell was only supplied with a copy of Respondent

her file after she filed a complaint with the ODC.

never filed suit in her case, and the matter is now prescribed. The underlying facts in the second count arise from respondent's representation of Ms. Carolyn Tranchina in connection with a personal injury suit based on an automobile accident that occurred in April of 1987. Ms. Tranchina called and wrote to

respondent every few months regarding the progress of her case, and

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Johnson, J. not on panel.

Rule IV, Part 2,

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