• In the Matter of John F. Woodham

    Publication Date: 2015-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. John F. Woodham Woodham Law LLC, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Thomas E. Cauthorn III Cauthorn Nohr Owen, Marietta. Neutral Amicus: Matthew J. Calvert, Douglass P. Selby Hunton Williams LLP, and Rosalind A. Rubens-Newell The Atlanta Development Authority, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14Y0700

    The Supreme Court dismissed the disciplinary proceedings against an attorney, finding that the State Bar failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the attorney violated the Rules as al

  • In the Matter of Wesley K. Hill

    Publication Date: 2015-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colette R. Steel, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and A. M. Christina Petrig State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y0285

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed an indefinite suspension of no less than six months on his ability to practic

  • In the Matter of Rand J. Csehy

    Publication Date: 2015-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Jason W. Graham Graham Jensen LLP, Atlanta, and Rand J. Csehy Csehy Law Group, Roswell. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and John W. Moulton Moulton Tarrer LLC, Conyers.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y0372

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after previously rejecting his petition for voluntary discipline in which he sought a one-to-two year suspe

  • In the Matter of Robert T. Thompson Jr.

    Publication Date: 2015-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Robert T. Thompson Jr. Thompson Law Group LLC, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Y0003

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for violating several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with a fee dispute with a c

  • In the Matter of Maurice Brown

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and A. M. Christina Petrig State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. James E. Spence Jr. Wilson, Morton Downs LLC, Decatur. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and William M. Akin Akin Tate PC, Cartersville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14Y1732

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's amended petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a Review Panel repr

  • In the Matter of Tanya Y. Brockington

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tanya Y. Brockington Brockington Legal Services, Homewood, Ill.. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S14Y1387

    The Supreme Court imposed a Review Panel reprimand based on an attorney's conduct in handling a client's immigration m

  • In the Matter of Charles H. Richards Jr.

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah E. Lockwood Office of Bar Admissions, Alison L. Burgess, Atlanta, and J. Antonio DelCampo Harris Penn Lowry Delcampo LLP, Dunwoody. Charles H. Richards Jr., Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S15Z0571

    The Supreme Court granted a petitioner's application for certification of fitness/reinstatement after he was disbarred in

  • In the Matter of Mary J. Workman

    Publication Date: 2014-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S15Y0115

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a Review Panel reprimand, with condi

  • In the Matter of Jerry W. Moncus

    Publication Date: 2014-11-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S14Y1950

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a public reprimand after the attorney failed to adequately communicate with a c

  • In the Matter of Henry T. Swann III

    Publication Date: 2014-11-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S14Y1502

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney as reciprocal discipline after he was disbarred in Fl