In an unusual 12-judge decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals has sanctioned a lawyer who represents borrowers trying to stop foreclosures—and warned him to quickly re-evaluate other appeals he has pending so he can avoid further punishment.
The ruling is notable not so much for the size of the sanction Atlanta attorney Grady A. Roberts III must pay—$2,500, the maximum under the appeals court’s rules—but for the breadth of activity cited in the court’s opinion. The court cited shortcomings by Roberts in the case before it, which the court said included making frivolous arguments, filing his brief late and failing to include citations to the record. The appeals judges also said Roberts committed improper actions in the case at the trial court level and in other appeals he has filed with the court.
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