
    IN RE: Lauren G. COLEMAN
    NO. 2018-B-2099
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    February 11, 2019
    ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING
   PER CURIAM

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel ("ODC") commenced an investigation into allegations that respondent employed a disbarred attorney as a paralegal in her law firm. Following the filing of formal charges, respondent and the ODC submitted a joint petition for consent discipline, in which the parties stipulated that the employment violated Rule 5.5 of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Having reviewed the petition,

IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Consent Discipline be accepted and that Lauren G. Coleman, Louisiana Bar Roll number 14150, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year and one day. This suspension shall be deferred in its entirety, subject to respondent's successful completion of a one-year period of unsupervised probation. The probationary period shall commence from the date respondent and the ODC execute a formal probation plan. Any failure of respondent to comply with the conditions of probation, or any misconduct during the probationary period, may be grounds for making the deferred suspension executory, or imposing additional discipline, as appropriate.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all costs and expenses in the matter are assessed against respondent in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 10.1, with legal interest to commence thirty days from the date of finality of this court's judgment until paid.  