Porter v. Dugat

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• concluding that attorney’s legal background was “significant,” in part because he had been admitted to the Bar for six years
• an attorney was found to show a lack of candor before a tribunal, when it was revealed in a subsequent inquiry that he was not truthful to the trial court
• an attorney was found to show a lack of candor before a tribunal, when it was revealed in a subsequent inquiry that he was not truthful to the trial court
• “In order to maintain public confidence in the legal system, lawyers must avoid not only actual acts of misconduct but even the type of behavior that can suggest misconduct.”
• \[T]his Court has original and complete jurisdiction over disciplinary proceedings.\
• simultaneous representation of two co-defendants

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).