Looking For Hebert (In The Courthouse, Not The Woods)

A Louisiana Hearing Committee has proposed the disbarment of an attorney who accepted a $500 fee while suspended for disciplinary violations. He entered an appearance in a case and submitted a proposed judgment for his client.

The violation was detected by the judge in the case.

The attorney’s name is Edward Hebert.

The judge searched the court’s case management system and “noted that there was an Edward W. Hebert with a bar number of 25086 who was listed as ineligible to practice law.”

But the suspended attorney had proposed a judgment in the case that listed his name as “E. Hebert” with a bar number of 25412.

That number was assigned to a non-suspended attorney named Eric T. Hebert, who confirmed that he and his firm were not involved in the case. (Mike Frisch)