In the Matter of Eric C. Lang

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition of Eric C. Lang State Bar No. 435515 for voluntary discipline in which he seeks a six-month suspension to run consecutively to the existing 12-month suspension imposed following Lang’s filing of an earlier petition for voluntary discipline. In the Matter of Lang, 292 Ga. 894 741 SE2d 152 2013.

According to the petition, Lang, who was admitted to the Bar in 1990, represented a client who had been sued on a note. Summary judgment was granted against the client in 2012 on all issues except damages. On May 1, 2013, while the prior petition for voluntary discipline was pending in this Court, there was a final hearing on damages and judgment was entered against the client. Lang did not tell the client of the hearing or of the judgment entered against him. When this Court imposed its suspension on Lang on May 6, 2013, Lang informed his client of the suspension, but still did not tell his client about the unfavorable judgment. The client learned of the judgment in July 2013 when he received a notice of garnishment. When asked for an explanation, Lang finally disclosed the result of the May 1 hearing.