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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 99-B-1652 IN RE: A. GILL DYER

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM*
This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from two counts of formal charges filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") against respondent, A. Gill Dyer, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana, but currently under interim suspension.1

UNDERLYING FACTS Respondent, along with attorney F. Evans Schmidt, served as co-counsel for the plaintiff in the matter of Lenuel Bragg v. Daniel Moloney, et al., Civil Action No. 93-3649 on the docket of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. On December 6, 1994, Mr. Bragg terminated respondent's services, and respondent subsequently intervened to recover his attorney's fees and outstanding costs. In connection with the intervention, respondent submitted an itemized costs statement. A dispute arose over these charges. After a hearing, a federal magistrate judge disallowed fifteen charges totaling $3,281.41.2 In her reasons for judgment, the

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Calogero, C.J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part II,

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