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  • In re Mullman

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Morris Finestone & Morris, Atlanta. William P. Smith III, General Counsel, Paula J. Frederick, Deputy General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. C. Bradford Marsh, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S04Y1847

    An attorney who suffers from alcoholism voluntarily surrendered his license based on admitted violations of Rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.15 and 8.4 a 4 of Bar Rule 4-102 d of the Georgia Rules of Professional

  • In re Ross

    Publication Date: 2004-07-23
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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 Ga., Atlanta. Eric V. Ross, Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0844

    An attorney who settled his client's case for $20,000 and kept the settlement funds was disb

  • In re Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2004-07-23
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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 Ga., Atlanta. Seth D. Kirschenbaum Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, and James E. Spence, Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1642

    An attorney who accessed, listened to and randomly deleted voice mail messages left on the voice mail system of his former employer was suspended for 18 months nunc pro tunc to May 9,

  • In re Armwood

    Publication Date: 2004-07-23
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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 Tucker & Assocs., Decatur. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Kim E. Anderson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1097

    An attorney who accepted $1,500 to represent a client on misdemeanor charges, but failed to file an appearance and did not respond to the client's repeated requests for information was suspended for

  • In re Williams

    Publication Date: 2004-07-23
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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. Joseph M. Williams, Macon. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta.
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    Case Number: S04Y0493; S04Y0494; S04Y0495

    An attorney who failed to appear in court on his criminal client's behalf after negotiating a guilty plea for her without her permission was disb

  • In re Capps

    Publication Date: 2004-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Kenneth W. Krontz, Douglasville. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
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    Case Number: S04Y1586

    An attorney who violated multiple rules of professional conduct with regard to real estate transactions voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Ge

  • In re Summers

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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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. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1284

    An attorney who held his client's settlement funds for more than four years without maintaining sufficient funds in his escrow account was suspended for six m

  • In re Shelfer

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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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. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
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    Case Number: S04Y0978

    An attorney who used estate funds for his personal benefit after drafting a client's will naming himself as executor or her estate was suspended for two years with conditions on reinstat

  • In re Redd

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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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. Stephen E. Redd, Alpharetta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. David J. Turner Jr., Manchester.
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    Case Number: S04Y1521

    An attorney who wrote multiple NSF checks on his attorney escrow account was disb

  • In re DeDamm

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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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. Rolf DeDamm, Bellevue. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
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    Case Number: S04Y0776

    An attorney who resigned from another state's bar in lieu of disbarment was disbarred in Ge