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  • In the Matter of Robert B. Richbourg

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S13Y0662

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline in which he requested a 12-month suspension after he pled guilty to two felony counts of false impriso

  • In the Matter of Robert B. Lipman

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Case Number: S13Y1109

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he admittedly violated Rules 1.15 I & II and 8.4 a 4 of the Georgia Rules of Profe

  • In the Matter of Donald O. Nelson

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Case Number: S13Y1024

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after he improperly witnessed a signature on a real estate document and made false statements to the State Bar regarding the wrong

  • In Re Formal Advisory Opinion 10-1

    Publication Date: 2013-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stefan E. Ritter, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Michael L. Edwards Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: James F. Grubiak Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Atlanta, and Elizabeth P. Bradley, Marietta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, Robert E. McCormack III, Deputy General Counsel, John J. Shiptenko, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, and James B. Ellington Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Stephen B. Bright, Melanie Velez, Atteeyah E. Hollie Southern Center for Human Rights, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Atlanta, J. Scott Key, Decatur, Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, Russell C. Gabriel, Bogart, and George P. Donaldson III Perry & Walters LLP, Albany.
    Case Number: S10U1679

    A single public defender's impermissible conflict of interest related to representing co-defendants is imputed to all public defenders working in the circuit public defender office of that particula

  • In the Matter of Robbie M. Levin

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Case Number: S11Y0598

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney to the practice of law after he complied with all of the conditions the Court imposed when it suspende

  • In the Matter of Jerry Boykin

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Case Number: S13Y1101

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's second petition for voluntary discipline, finding that his past disciplinary history was a significant aggravating f

  • In the Matter of Brenden Miller

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Case Number: S12Y0840

    The Supreme Court reinstated an attorney to the practice of law after he complied with all of the conditions the Court imposed when it suspende

  • Rodriguez v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford Crawford & Boyle LLC, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Ayanna Sterling-Jones, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2397

    Although the officer's request for consent to search the defendant's vehicle was unrelated to the purpose of the stop, the defendant gave her consent voluntarily and the scope of the stop was not im

  • In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Case Number: S12Y1745; S12Y1746; S12Y1747

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's petition seeking a two-year suspension for admittedly violating Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4, and

  • In the Matter of Warner R. Hodges

    Publication Date: 2012-10-31
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    Case Number: S12Y1959

    The Supreme Court suspended an attorney for 60 days as reciprocal discipline, and rejected the recommendation for retroactive suspension, after the attorney practiced law in Tennessee while his Tenn