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  • In re Formal Advisory Opinion No, 86-1

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S10U1780

    The Court granted the State Bar's petition to withdraw Formal Advisory Opinion No.

  • In the Matter of Lisa M. Cummings

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S12Y0468

    An attorney, who provided false information in her initial response to her clients' grievance, was suspended for 18 m

  • In the Matter of John F. Woodham

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S12Y0425

    The Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline seeking a Review Panel Reprimand for his conduct in connection with his complaints in intervention in two bond validation

  • In the Matter of John L. Scott

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S12Y1468

    The Court disbarred an attorney as reciprocal discipline for his disbarment in Fl

  • In the Matter of Jefferson L. Adams

    Publication Date: 2012-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S12Y1117; S12Y1118; S12Y1119

    The Court accepted the attorney's amended petition for voluntary discipline in light of the very special circumstances of the case, particularly his sustained recovery from the substance abuse that

  • In the Matter of Charles M. Hutt

    Publication Date: 2012-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S12Y1087

    The Court suspended an attorney for 45 days as reciprocal discipline following his 45-day suspension from the Florid

  • In the Matter of Dock H. Davis

    Publication Date: 2012-06-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S12Y0997

    An attorney who twice falsified and notarized the signatures of his client on documents submitted to the trial court will receive a Review Panel repr

  • In the Matter of Thomas C. Sinowski; In the Matter of Steven F. Freedman

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Foy R. Devine, Vivian D. Hoard Taylor, English Duma, and Robert D. Feagin Martenson, Hasbrouch & Simon LLP, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S11Y0485; S11Y0486

    Two attorneys, who paid non-lawyer runners for referrals in at least 1376 cases and kept a record of those payments in a runner book, were disb

  • In the Matter of Suzanne M. Himes

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Carmen R. Rafter State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Susanne M. Hines, Ocala, Fla. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel and Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S12Y0152

    An attorney, who was disbarred in Florida for failing to cease practicing law after her indefinite suspension, was disbarred in Georgia as reciprocal disci

  • In the Matter of Antonio L. Toliver

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Antonio L. Toliver, Decatur. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S12Y0250

    An attorney, who pled guilty to first degree vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle, voluntarily surrendered his law li