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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 99-B-0439 IN RE: KERRY E. SHIELDS

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM*
This attorney disciplinary matter arises from a joint petition for consent discipline filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") and respondent, Kerry E. Shields, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS Since this matter is before the court on a petition for consent discipline, the facts were not developed in detail in the record. However, respondent stipulated to commingling and converting $40,000 in client funds belonging to Roberta Carolyn Beaver, who was a minor at the time, and $86,000 in client funds belonging to Kevin Brady Beaver, who was a minor at the time.1 Respondent also acknowledged that his misconduct included neglect of client matters and conduct involving fraud, deceit and misrepresentation. In September of 1998, respondent and the ODC filed a joint petition, seeking to place respondent on interim suspension. We granted the motion and ordered that disciplinary proceedings be instituted. In re: Shields, 98-2374 (La. 9/16/98); 718 So. 2d 403. Prior to the filing of formal charges, respondent and the ODC filed a joint petition for consent discipline before the disciplinary board. In the petition, respondent acknowledged his misconduct, and proposed he be disbarred, effective from the date of his interim suspension. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX,

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