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  • In the Matter of Samuel J. Brantley

    Publication Date: 2011-06-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y1228

    The accepted an attorney's petition for the voluntary surrender of his license to practice law in Georgia, after he pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in the United States Distric

  • In the Matter of Nakata S. Smith Fitch

    Publication Date: 2011-06-10
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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. Nakata S. Smith Fitch The Fitch Firm PC, Atlanta. Douglas W. Auld, Snelville.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0915

    An attorney was suspended from the practice of law in Georgia for one year for transferring her client's funds from her escrow account to her operating account without the client's permission and af

  • In the Matter of Elliott J. Vogt

    Publication Date: 2011-06-10
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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. Elliot J. Vogt, Phenix City, Ala. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0772

    An attorney, who invented hearing dates to make his client believe that hearings were scheduled in her case when no hearings had been set and who provided his client with a forged order showing that

  • In the Matter of David A. Friedman

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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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. David A. Friedman, Louisville, Ky. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, and Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0860

    An attorney, who was suspended in Kentucky based on evidence of misrepresentation and conversion of client funds is suspended indefinitely from the practice of law in Ge

  • In the Matter of Jefferson L. Adams

    Publication Date: 2011-05-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Jefferson L. Adams, Jackson. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta, and Roy R. Kelly III Kelly & Kelly LLP, Monticello.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0889, S11Y0890, S11Y0891

    The Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline requesting a Review Panel repr

  • In the Matter of Craig S. Mathis

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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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. Craig S. Mathis, Leesburg. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0769

    An attorney, who used his injury client's settlement funds for his own personal use, rather than to satisfy the client's outstanding medical expenses, was disb

  • In the Matter of Gregory C. Menefee

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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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. Gregory C. Menefee, Louisville, Ky. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel and Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0861

    An attorney, who was disbarred in Kentucky for abandoning clients and failing to return or misappropriating thousands of dollars from clients, was disbarred in Ge

  • In the Matter of John J. Lieb

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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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. Dwight R. Johnson, Pine Lake. Peter R. Olson Jenkins, Olson & Bowen PC, Cartersville, and Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10Y1978, S11Y0364, S11Y0369

    An attorney, who abandoned his client's case, was disb

  • In the Matter of Robbie M. Levin

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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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. Colette R. Steel, Atlanta. Dean C. Bucci Plumley & Bucci LLC, Dallas.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0598

    An attorney, who pled guilty to misdemeanor distribution of obscene material and criminal attempt to commit interference with custody, was suspended for 24 months with conditions on reinstat

  • In the Matter of Gregory Bartko

    Publication Date: 2011-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Rebecca A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y0713

    An attorney, who is appealing his federal felony convictions, is suspended until further order of the