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  • 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

  • In re Norton

    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 Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. William H. Norton, Marietta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1530

    An attorney who failed to refund unearned fees after his client terminated his services, failed to return his client's file and did not respond to the client's grievance or Notice of Investigation w

  • In re Thompson Jr.

    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. Lloyd E. Thompson Jr., Brunswick. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Thomas G. Smith, Dalton.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0482

    An attorney who failed to appear at his client's criminal trial and who falsely claim that he had obtained a continuance was disb

  • In re Moore

    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 Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Charles B. Haygood Jr. Haygood, Lynch, Harris, Melton & Watson LLP, Forsyth.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0535, S04Y0536

    An attorney who distributed real estate closing funds to the seller without authorization from the mortgage company in two instances was suspended for three

  • In re Adams

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Adams, Fredericksburg, Va. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Rebecca S. Mick and Kristin L. Miller, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta. Hulett H. Askew, Director Office of Bar Admissions, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Z1554

    An applcant for certification of fitness to practice law failed to establish a sufficient payment history in light of his past history of submitting bad checks and filing bankruptcy ac

  • In re Perry

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. Diane L. Perry, Tifton. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1452

    An attorney who satisfied the conditions for readmission following her indefinite suspension in 1998 was reinstated to the practice of law in Ge

  • In re Cirignani

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. Thomas R. Cirignani, Chicago, Ill. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1416

    An attorney who was convicted of felony drug possession in Illinois voluntarily surrendered his license to practic

  • In re Thompson Jr.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. Lloyd E. Thompson Jr., Brunswick. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Thomas G. Smith, Darien.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1442; S03Y1443

    An attorney who failed to take action in his clients' cases was suspended indefinitely for no less than three

  • In re Kent

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. D. Lake Rumsey Jr., Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1313

    An attorney who filed a suit on his client's behalf without proper authorization was suspended for one

  • In re Silver

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Atlanta. William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1277

    An attorney who was suspended in 2001 for violating Standard 66 of Bar Rule 4-102 d has been reins