In Re: Kimuel Wayne Lee

Supreme Court of Louisiana
May 11, 2021
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
IN RE: KIMUEL WAYNE LEE
No. 2021-OB-00366
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N RE: Office of Disciplinary Counsel - Applicant Other; Findings and
Recommendations (Reinstatement);
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May 11, 2021
Conditional reinstatement granted. See per curiam.
Weimer, C.J., dissents and would deny reinstatement.
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JDH
SJC
JTG
WJC
JBM
05/11/2021 "See News Release 019 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

05/11/21
SU
PREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
NO. 202
1-OB-0366
IN
RE: KIMUEL WAYNE LEE
ON APP
LICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT
PER CU
RIAM
Con
sidering the r ecommendation of the hearing committee and disciplinary
board as well as the record of these proceedings, we find petitioner is entitled to be
reinstated to the practice of law , subject to a two-year period of probation with the
following conditions:
1. Within six months of the finality of this order,
petitioner shall make a reasonable, good faith efforts to
locate the current addresses of Marsha Laws and the
Ridley heir s for the purpose of submitting the fee
dispute with the heirs to the LSBA Fee Dispute
Resolution Program. In the event respondent is unable
to locate these persons, he shall make a full report of
his efforts to the ODC , and the ODC shall determine
whether his efforts were reasonable and in good faith.
2. In a
dditional to his normal mandatory continuing legal
education requirements, petitioner shall attend and
successfully complete an additional t en hours of
mandatory continuing legal education during each year
of the probationary period.
Fa
ilure to comply with these conditions or any misconduct during the
probationary period may be grounds for immediate revocation of respondent’s
conditional reinstatement or imposition of other discipline, as appropriate. All costs
of these proceedings are assessed against petitioner.