Citing misconduct in four different cases, the Louisiana Supreme Court handed down a one-year suspension Wednesday for prominent East Baton Rouge lawyer Ron Haley.

The embattled 44-year-old civil rights lawyer and criminal defense attorney was one of the parish's most active litigators when the state's high court ruled him a “threat to harm” and placed him on an interim suspension, pending the outcome of an investigation.

In Wednesday’s published order, the Supreme Court released the findings of that investigation. In two cases, the Supreme Court agreed with recommendations from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel that Haley failed to take prompt action for criminal defendants he was representing after being paid legal fees to represent them.

The high court also found credence to at leas

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