On December 6, 2022, the Supreme Court of Louisiana suspended Metairie attorney Danminh Quy Mui over the case of alleged misconduct for driving while intoxicated. The case is entitled In the Matter of Danminh Quy Mui, witch Case No. 2022-B-01305
The charges cited rules of professional conduct 8.4(b) which states:
Commission of a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer.
On September 16, 2018, the respondent was arrested in Jefferson Parish for driving while intoxicated. failure to obey a traffic signal/red light, fly using a motor vehicle, and resisting an officer.
The filing states:
‘At approximately 1:30 a.m. on September 16, 2018, a Harahan police officer on duty in his marked patrol car observed the respondent’s vehicle proceed through a red light at the intersection of Citrus Boulevard and Hickory Avenue in Harahan. The officer activated his overhead lights and siren in an effort to detain the vehicle. Respondent slowed to approximately 5 M.P.H., turned right onto an adjacent street, and stopped. However, when the officer got out of his patrol car to approach the vehicle, the respondent drove off, turning onto another street and into the parking lot of an apartment complex at 2028 Walnut Creek Road.’
After again pulling up behind the respondent’s vehicle, the officer emerged from his patrol car to approach the still-moving vehicle, while loudly ordering the driver to place the vehicle in park. While attempting to remove the respondent from his vehicle, the officer was struck in the groin by the respondent’s foot as the respondent resisted being removed from his vehicle. ‘
The filing continues
‘Backup officers arrived and assisted in administering a standard field sobriety test to the respondent, who failed to perform virtually all of the field sobriety tests satisfactorily. Respondent later consented to and was administered a breath alcohol analysis, which recorded a .196 BAC (breath alcohol content), over twice the legal limit of intoxication.
The Court further determined that the respondent violated duties owed to the public and the legal profession and that his criminal behavior reflected adversely on the profession.’
The Disposition states:
“Upon review of the findings and recommendations of the hearing committee and disciplinary board, and considering the record and the brief filed by the ODC, it is ordered that DanMinh Quy Mui, Louisiana Bar Roll number 36104, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year and one day.”
Mr. Mui’s info can be found on avvo.com. Mui practices in Metairie, Louisiana. He is licensed in Lousiana with license No. 36104.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
