Lawyer Convicted for Chest Bumping a Prosecutor Wins Reinstatement to Law Practice
“The Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated a lawyer Tuesday who had been suspended for a year and a day for chest bumping a prosecutor in a judge’s chambers,” reports Debra Cassens Weiss in ABA Journal’s Latest News.
“The state supreme court reinstated Baton Rouge lawyer Felix Anthony DeJean IV in a per curiam opinion. The opinion said DeJean had complied with reinstatement criteria.”
“Concurring Justice Scott Crichton said DeJean had attended counseling, acknowledged his wrongdoing, and recognized the seriousness of his actions. He presented character witnesses who told of his good character and self-improvement.”
“DeJean had been convicted of simple battery for the March 2015 incident. District Attorney Bradley Burget of Concordia Parish had claimed that DeJean exchanged words with him, physically confronted him and chest bumped him. DeJean received a suspended jail sentence in the criminal case along with 18 months of supervised probation that required him to complete an anger management program.”
