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  • In re Formal Advisory Opinion No. 16-2.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, John Joseph Shiptenko (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S17U0553

    The Supreme Court approved Formal Advisory Opinion No. 16-2, which addresses whether an attorney who has been appointed to serve both as legal counsel and as guardian ad litem for a child in a termination of parental rights case can advocate termination over the child's objection.

  • In The Matter Of Nolen Arthur Hamer.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nolen Arthur Hamer (Hamer Law Firm), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Thomas L. Holder (Long & Holder), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1988

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after previously rejecting his petition for voluntary discipline, in which he sought a Review Panel reprimand for his admitted violations of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.