An attorney who was the sole remaining defendant in a putative class action accusing a mortgage closing firm of violating federal and state law in conducting witness-only real estate closings has been dismissed and the suit dropped after a federal magistrate recommended that she—like the other defendants—be granted summary judgment on the claims.
Witness-only real estate closings, in which an individual presiding over a closing does so only as a witness and notary, are illegal in Georgia—and lawyers who are found to have conducted them can face ethical sanctions by the State Bar of Georgia.
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