BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended a Baton Rouge lawyer who pleaded guilty to possessing child porn. On Jan. 8, the Supreme Court considered a petition filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, that would suspend 69-year-old James Burland from practicing law in Louisiana indefinitely. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Burland pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and faced up to 20 years in prison and fined up to $250,000. Burland reportedly admitted to uploading a file with child porn to his internet-based cloud storage account in November 2022. Officials said more child porn files were found on Burland's storage account between the dates of Nov. 11, 2022, and April 9, 2024. Over 100 additional files were found on Burland's personal computer, the DOJ reports. According to the Louisiana State Bar Association, Burland has been a member of the Louisiana Bar since April 1981. Fired Baton Rouge police officers lose first chance to appeal Latest News Hegseth beats back blows from Democrats in blistering hearing: 5 takeaways Louisiana Supreme Court indefinitely suspends Baton Rouge lawyer accused of possessing child porn House barrels toward fight over placing conditions on California fire aid Louisiana to get extreme cold air, potential winter mix from winter storm next week Police arrest woman accused of shooting, injuring man at Baton Rouge store