THE COMPLAINT and court filings on behalf of a woman involved in a 2002 Clayton County auto accident were filed pro se. Nonetheless, they “appear to be drafted by someone with a passing familiarity, but not a true understanding of the law,” wrote Atlanta attorney Christopher M. Simon, who was representing the defendant in the civil case. Logan v. Hayes No. 2004CV2599-6, Clayton Sup. July 15 2004.
“The filings looked fairly normal at first glance,” said Simon, an associate with McLaughlin, Hendon, Miller & Croy. But, as he detailed in his an affidavit for the State Bar of Georgia that the plaintiff later came to a settlement conference with Ray Younce, who informed those at the meeting that he had power of attorney. At a subsequent hearing on Simon’s motion for dismissal, Younce was rebuked by Clayton Superior Court Judge Matthew O. Simmons when he attempted to argue for his would-be client, said Simon.
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