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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

  • In re Majors

    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 Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1128

    An attorney who sued his own corporation while holding himself out as corporate counsel was disb

  • In re Carter

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, Elizabeth M. Williamson and Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Fred Carter, Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Carol S. Baskin Baskin & Baskin, Marietta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0885; S03Y1284; S03Y1285

    An attorney who accepted client retainers for services he did not provide in a timely or appropriate manner is disb

  • In re Perry

    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 K Gene Chapman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Raymond J. Peery, York, Neb. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. R. Alex Crumbley Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1496

    An attorney who was convicted in federal court for money laundering and theft was disb

  • In re Gormley

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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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. James J. Gormley III, Manchester, Ky. Eugene M. Benton Benton, Preston & Malcolm PC, Monroe. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1254

    Attorney disbarred after judgment of conviction for felony in West Virginia district court affirmed on a

  • In re Drucker

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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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. Kenneth L. Drucker, Duluth. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0453

    Attorney disbarred for failing to file to answer a civil suit against his client and failing to respond to the subsequent motion for entry of a default jud