Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain authored the judicial discipline opinion.
The Louisiana Supreme Court turned down a recommendation to extend a part-time Kaplan City Court judge’s judicial probation period that was imposed after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor crimes stemming from a groping incident at his January 2017 bachelor party.
The Louisiana Judiciary Commission had recommended that F. Stanton Hardee III’s monitoring agreement be extended an additional four years – until Dec. 5, 2026. The high court previously signed off on a parallel recommendation in Hardee’s case by the Office of Disciplinary Council (ODC), which oversees attorney behavior. That disciplinary action established a five-year monitoring that began in December 2017, as well as his suspension from his practice of law for one year, with all but six months deferred.