• Inquiry Concerning Judge Cary Hays III.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Court Administration
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Hays, III, Knoxville, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S21Z1181

    30-Day Unpaid Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Judge Who Engaged in Physical Altercation With Defendant

  • In the Matter of Sawand Palmer.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy W. Copeland, Tyrone Nathaniel Haugabrook, (Copeland, Haugabrook & Walker), Valdosta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, LaRae Dixon Moore, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S22Y0394

    Suspension From Practice Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Waymon Sims (two cases).

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Anne Koehler, (Law Office of Christine Koehler), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Catherine H. Hicks, (Fox, Chandler, Homan, Hicks & McKinnon), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: S22Y0395

    Petition For Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriately Accepted Following Attorney's Admission of Serious Rules Violations

  • In the Matter of Justin Grey Woodward.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Grey Woodward, (Law Offices of J.G. Woodward), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0331

    Public Reprimand Appropriate Following Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Cory Howerton Fleming.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Pendarvis, (Pendarvis Law Offices PC), Beaufort, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0339

    Order of Emergency Suspension Appropriate After Attorney Voluntarily Advised State Bar of Discipline in Another State

  • In the Matter of Billy Reid Zeh, III.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0231

    Acceptance of Petition for Voluntary Discipline Warranted Following Attorney's Guilty Pleas to Assault Charges

  • In the Matter of Jason Lee Van Dyke.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-03
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Lee Van Dyke, (The Marsala Law Group), Denton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22Y0046

    Additional Factual Findings Necessary Prior to Ruling on Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline

  • In the Matter of Megan Kate Andrews.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Megan Kate Andrews, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Allen Earles, Rebecca S. Mick, Kevin Charles Wilson, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21Z1222

    Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Consider Whether Board of Bar Examiners Erred in Denying Application for Admission to State Bar on Motion Without Examination

  • In the Matter of Monte Kevin Davis.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monte Kevin Davis, Villa Rica, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, (Mediation & Law Office of Jocarol Nesset-Sale), Athens, for other party.

    Case Number: S22Y0085

    Public Reprimand Is an Appropriate Sanction for Attorney Who Sent Text to Harass or Maliciously Injure a Former Client

  • In the Matter of Gregory Bartko.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Bartko, Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Manroe Faenza, Rebecca S. Mick, (Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21Z0853

    Court Affirms Board's Denial of Former Lawyer's Petition for a Waiver of Its Policies as to Character and Fitness Applications