Next Stop Graniteville

A lawyer who is admitted in Louisiana and South Carolina had practiced only in Louisiana but opened a South Carolina law office in order to solicit legal business in the wake of a train derailment in Graniteville South Carolina. After discipline was imposed in South Carolina for violations of rules relating to advertising and solicitation, the Louisiana Supreme Court imposed a public reprimand as reciprocal discipline. The court rejected the contention that the misconduct did not violate Louisiana ethics rules in that they were “technical violations or differences in semantics, many of whichare not considered violations under the Louisiana Rules of ProfessionalConduct.” (Mike Frisch)