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  • In re Halcomb

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. John A. Nuckolls, Atlanta. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S07Y0110

    An attorney, who pled guilty in federal court to felony charges involving real estate fraud, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • In re Calugar

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Steven S. Scholes and Joseph G. Fisher McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Ill. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S07Y0104

    An attorney, who pled guilty to a felony offense under New York law, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • In re Pronk

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Mark R. Pronk, Acworth. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S07Y0147

    An attorney, who pled guilty to aggravated assault, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • In re McElroy

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Stephen B. Wallace II Albert Bailey Wallace PC, Jonesboro.
    Case Number: S07Y0204

    An attorney, who knew his employee was soliciting non-lawyer prospective clients for him and who took no remedial action, voluntarily surrendered his li

  • Van Detta v. Board to Determine Character and Fitness of Bar Applicants

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gina Van Detta, Winston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Rebecca S. Mick, Kristin L. Miller, Assistant Attorneys General, Hulett H. Askew, Director Office of Bar Admissions and Karen B. Williams, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05O1591

    A bar applicant was not entitled to mandamus following the Fitness Board's tentative denial of her application for certification of fitness to practic

  • In re UPL Advisory Opinion 2003-1

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, Robert E. McCormack III and John J. Shiptenko State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Patrick Kienel Am. Mediation & Alternative Resol., Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03U1732

    An individual or entity who represents a debtor in negotiations with a creditor's attorney in an effort to reduce the amount of the debt or work out a payment plan is engaging in the unauthorized p

  • In re Goff

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Matthew C. Billips, Atlanta. Sharon C. Barnes, Chairperson Review Panel, Alpharetta. Imogene L. Walker, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0541

    The petitioner was reinstated as an attorney licensed to practice in Georgia after meeting the conditions imposed by the Court as part of her one-year suspe

  • In re Farrar

    Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and K. Gene Chapman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Dakeer A. Farrar, Elmont, N.Y. Sharon C. Barnes, Chairperson Review Panel, Alpharetta. James B. Deal Gibson, Deal & Fletcher PC, Norcross.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S06Y0305

    An attorney who pled guilty in state court to the unlawful use of a communication device and three drug offenses was disb

  • In re Skandalakis

    Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and K. Gene Chapman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. D. Lake Ramsey Jr., Atlanta, Sharon C. Barnes, Chairperson Review Panel, Alpharetta. James H. Cox Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S05Y0898

    Bar Rule 4-213 a's reporting requirement applies only to hearings that arise from filing on formal complaint, not show cause hearings arising after an attorney's felony convi

  • In re Brown

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Patrick S. Brown, Atlanta. Sharon C. Barnes, Chairperson Review Panel, Alpharetta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S05Y0919

    An attorney who engaged in the practice of law while on inactive status was disb