In re Bailey

Summary

The Louisiana Supreme Court considered a petition for reciprocal disability inactive status against Erich Webb Bailey, who had been transferred to disability inactive status by the Supreme Court of Tennessee based on medical incapacity. Because Bailey did not respond and the record supported reciprocal treatment, the court transferred him to disability inactive status in Louisiana.

Holdings

1. Louisiana will transfer an attorney to disability inactive status on a reciprocal basis when the attorney has been transferred to disability inactive status in another jurisdiction and the record does not establish that the reason for the original transfer no longer exists or otherwise make the same discipline inappropriate.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Louisiana should impose reciprocal disability inactive status on an attorney who had been transferred to disability inactive status by the Supreme Court of Tennessee.
2. Whether the record demonstrated that reciprocal disability inactive status was unwarranted under Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 21(D).

Disposition

other