• In re Koval

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Paula J. Frederick, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Harry H. Harkins Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0830; S04Y0831; S04Y0832

    An attorney who violated Standards 23 and 44 of Bar Rule 4-102 d in three separate cases was indefinitely suspended for not less than one year with conditions on his reinstat

  • In re Oellerich Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Dietrich W. Oellerich Jr., Hephzibah. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Richard M. McNeely Rountree, Cadle & McNeely, Swainsboro.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0668

    An attorney who represented an estate, which loaned the attorney's corporation $120,000 in unsecured funds, was disbarred after the attorney's corporation defaulted on the loan and filed bankr

  • In re Adkins Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Bobby G. Adkins Jr. Adkins Legal Servs. LLC, Marietta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Samuel M. Matchett King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0809; S04Y0810; S04Y0811

    An attorney who billed his clients for time spent in responding to their bar complaints was disb

  • In re Adkins Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Bobby G. Adkins Jr. Adkins Legal Servs. LLC, Marietta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Samuel M. Matchett King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0809; S04Y0810; S04Y0811

    An attorney who billed his clients for time spent in responding to their bar complaints was disb

  • In re Stadler

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittleman State Bar of Ga., Atlanta. Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta. William T. Cable Jr. Vinson, Talley, Richardson & Cable, Dallas.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0725

    An attorney was suspended for three months based on her admitted conduct of falsely claiming a client was ind

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  • In re Harvey

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Ga., Atlanta. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Jean E. Johnson Jr. Johnson & Cooper, Marietta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0520

    An attorney who continued to use his firm accounts and letterhead and failed to notify clients and the court that he had been suspended from the practice of law was suspended for an additional two

  • In re Armwood

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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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 Ga., Atlanta. Rita T. Williams Williams & Assocs., Decatur. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta. Kim E. Anderson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0839

    An attorney was suspended for one year based on his admitted failure to take substantial action to further his client's interest after accepting a $750 ret

  • In re Griggs

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Ga., Atlanta. Richard D. Phillips Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta. James W. Smith, Hinesville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0073

    An attorney who was disbarred in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia for multiple offenses involving dishonesty and fraud was disbarred in Georgia for violating Rules 1.3, 3

  • In re Payne

    Publication Date: 2004-01-30
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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. Akil K. Secret Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. George G. Dean II, Buford.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0370

    An attorney who settled a minor child's personal injury claim without court approval and who used the settlement funds for her personal use voluntarily surrendered her law li

  • In re Viti

    Publication Date: 2004-01-30
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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. Richard A. Viti, Woodstock. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. E. Victoria Sweeney, Lawrenceville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0296

    An attorney who was convicted of tax evasion voluntarily surrendered his law li