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  • In re Toler

    Publication Date: 2003-02-21
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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. William H. Toller III and James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0622

    An attorney was suspended for one year based on his admitted conduct arising out of his untimely court appearance in two criminal

  • Cox v. Barber

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nickolas P. Chilivis, John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, Charles S. Baker and Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1818

    The 1-year residency requirement for Georgia Public Service Commission candidates is constitut

  • In re Drucker

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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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. George L. Kimel, Norcross. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S02Y0192

    Attorney suspended for six months based on his admitted failure to inform his client that he collected funds on the client's behalf, his conversion of the funds to his own use and his failure to res

  • In re Vogel

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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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. Michael W. Vogel, Atlanta. Boykin E. Jr., Decatur. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S02Y0216

    Attorney disbarred for failing to respond to his client's repeated attempts to contact him and failing to comply with her demands to return her property and refund her ret

  • In re Pike

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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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 H. Pike, Atlanta. John W. Drake McCurdy & Candler LLC, Decatur. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y1738

    Attorney disbarred for failing to respond to his client's attempts to contact him, referring the client to another attorney without explanation of his inability to handle the case, failing to seek p

  • In re Randolph

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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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. David S. Lipscomb Henderson & Lipscomb PA, Duluth. Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y1488

    An attorney who cashed his client's check for bankruptcy filing fees and who signed an application to pay the client's filing fees in installments, but failed to make installment payments, was disba

  • In re Williams

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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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. Herbert E. Kernaghan Jr., Augusta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S02Y0160

    Attorney indefinitely suspended based on admitted violation of Standard 44 of Bar Rule 4-102 d, which prohibits wilful abandonment or disregard of legal matters to a client's detr

  • In re Bowie

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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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. Jeffrey R. Bowie Key, Powell & Bowie, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0374; S01Y0508

    Any attorney who misrepresented to his corporate client that he served a breach of contract complaint on the client's behalf was disbarred for multiple violations of Bar Rule 4-

  • In re Dansby

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and E. Duane Cooper, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Catherine Lynch Lynch, Spear & Shuman, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y1397

    The Supreme Court suspended an attorney for three years for commingling the client's settlement funds with his personal funds and paying the client with checks drawn on his general operating ac

  • In re Ward

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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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.Roger J. Martinson, Eatonton. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y1866

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's indefinite voluntary suspension based on his admitted failure to respond to a summary judgment motion in his client's personal injury