IN RE:  JOSEPH FLOYD JOHNSON

IT IS ORDERED that Joseph Floyd Johnson, Louisiana Bar Roll number 17645, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law on an interim basis pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 19, pending further orders of this court.   Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 26(E), this order is effective immediately.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that necessary disciplinary proceedings be instituted in accordance with Supreme Court Rule XIX, §§ 11 and 19.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, this _ day of December, 2010.

FOR THE COURT:

_ JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA