IN RE: JESSE P. LAGARDE (2023)

Crichton, J., dissents.

I disagree with the majority decision to extend this respondent's probation and would instead revoke probation. In In re Lagarde, 2021-00797 (La. 9/27/21), 323 So. 3d 862, I dissented from the acceptance of the petition for consent discipline, finding that the discipline imposed was too lenient. Id. (“In my view, the facts and circumstances presented here, including respondent's initial failure to cooperate with the ODC's investigation and the actual harm to his client caused by his actions, warrant greater discipline.”). Respondent has now breached his original probation agreement in several ways, including by failing to promptly respond to requests from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel and committing additional rule violations. In my view, the conduct described in the per curiam warrants revocation of probation, not an extension thereof.