• In re Maples

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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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. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. Brince H. Manning III and Calvin A. Leipold Jr. Manning & Leipold, Decatur. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. N. Karen Deming Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1478

    An attorney who was the subject of five previous disciplinary actions was suspended for 24 months for violating Standard 68 of Bar Rule 4-102 d and Bar Rule

  • In re Coumaris

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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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. George T. Coumaris, Talladega, Ala. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. James R. Whitfield, Marietta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1200

    An attorney who was convicted of conspiracy to commit crimes against the United States, 18 USC § 371, was disb

  • In re Perry

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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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 Georgia, Atlanta. R. Chris Phelps, Elberton. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Albert O. English English, Tunkle & Smith, Clayton.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1750

    An attorney who admittedly commingled his client's fiduciary funds with his own funds was suspended for six m

  • In re UPL Advisory Opinion 2003-2

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Robert E. McCormack III State Bar of Georgia, Harold T. Daniel Jr. Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Dennis P. Helmreich, Lexington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus appellant: Teresa W. Roseborough, Allegra L. Lawrence, Deborah M. Danzig and Dara L. Steele- Belkin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Kim Holt Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Richard H. Johnston Richard H. Johnson & Assocs., Atlanta, James M. Griffin U.S. Dep't of Justice, Alexandria, Va., and Adekunle A. Obebe, Baton Rouge, La.

    Case Number: S03U1451

    The Supreme Court approved of the advisory opinion issued in April 2003 by the Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law which provided that only a licensed Georgia attorney can prepare a

  • In re Brantley

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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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. Edward J. Brantley, Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Jones Webb Webb, Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1864

    An attorney voluntarily surrendered his license after he failed to return funds to a mortgage company for a loan, which did not

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  • In re Meyer

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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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. Scott Markowitz, Savannah. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y0187; S03Y0188; S03Y0189; S03Y0280

    An attorney who failed to inform the State Bar of his out-of-state felony convictions was disb

  • In re Bailey

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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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. Linell A. Bailey, Brunswick. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Neal L. Conner Jr. Kopp & Conner, Waycross.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1653; S03Y1654; S03Y1655

    An attorney who allowed the limitation period to expire on his client's employment discrimination case, while he falsely assured her that he was negotiating a settlement with her former employer, wa

  • In re Hege

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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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 L. Clark Cork & Cork, Valdosta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Jack L, Helms Jr. Helms & Helms PC, Homerville, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1506; S03Y1507; S03Y1508

    An attorney who falsely told his client that he had filed an appeal of a judgment after the attorney failed to appear at the client's trial was disb

  • In re Cowan Jr.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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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. Thomas E. Cowan Jr., Elizabethton, Tenn. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1549

    An attorney was suspended for one month, retroactive to December 15, 2002, based on his admitted violation of Rule 9.4 a of Bar Rule 4-

  • In re Rechtman

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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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. Douglas V. Chandler Beltran & Assocs., Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Scott L. Ballard Ballard & Ballard, Fayetteville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S03Y1382

    An attorney who shared legal fees with a company which had non-lawyer officers and employees was suspended for six m