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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 99-B-0521 IN RE: GREGORY G. GAMBEL

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM*
This attorney disciplinary matter arises from a petition for consent discipline filed by respondent, Gregory G. Gambel, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana.

UNDERLYING FACTS This matter arises from three complaints filed against respondent. The facts of these complaints will be addressed seperately.

Complaint I Richard L. Strub, M.D., treated respondent for migraine headaches. During the course of treatment, respondent consistently attempted to obtain prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances, particulary Percodan. When Dr. Strub became suspicious of respondent's motivations, respondent began to forge prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances. Subsequently, respondent was charged with criminal violations in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jefferson and was placed under the supervision of a court diversion program in lieu of going to trial.

Complaint II In 1991, Henry C. Spicer, III retained respondent to represent him in the defamation matter entitled Henry C. Spicer, III v. Entergy Louisiana, Inc., f/k/a LP&L Co., No. 372,108, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Over the course of the following seven years, respondent neglected the legal matter, failed to communicate with his client and misled his client about the status

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

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