• In the Matter of Clarence R. Johnson Jr.

    Publication Date: 2016-10-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Gary Spencer, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Wolanda R. Shelton State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1709

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline, in which he sought either a public reprimand or a Review Panel reprimand for depositing personal funds into his trust acc

  • In the Matter of Lyle V. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2016-10-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Lyle V. Anderson, Dalton. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Paul T. Carroll III, Rome.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1755

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's voluntary surrender of his license to practice law following his conviction for first degree fo

  • In the Matter of Christopher G. Nicholson

    Publication Date: 2016-10-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel, and Wolanda R. Shelton State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Christopher G. Nicholson, Augusta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Jo Carol Nesset-Sale, Athens.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1446

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney who knowingly made a false statement in an affidavit in conne with a client's personal injury a

  • In the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk

    Publication Date: 2016-10-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Rebecca A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Ricardo L. Polk, Mableton. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, and Catherine Koura, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1734

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a suspension to run concurrently with the 30-month suspension he was already se

  • In the Matter of Ted B. Herbert

    Publication Date: 2016-10-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Ted B. Herbert, Marietta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Jennifer McLeod Edwards, McLeod Money PC, Douglasville.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1820

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on his advice to and representation of two clients in their former employer's suit against

  • In the Matter of L. Nicole Brantley

    Publication Date: 2016-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner, Pinckney PC, Savannah. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Daniel B. Snipes Franklin Taulbee Rushing, Statesboro.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1235; S16Y1236; S16Y1237; S16Y1238; S16Y1239

    The Supreme Court imposed a 180-day suspension on an attorney as discipline for her actions in five separate disciplinary matters, finding that although the violations were very serious, there were

  • In the Matter of Nicole Jones

    Publication Date: 2016-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. R. Gary Spencer, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1273

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline, in which she sought a Review Panel reprimand to resolve two pending griev

  • In the Matter of Daniel J. Saxton

    Publication Date: 2016-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Rebecca A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1575

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 3-month suspe

  • In the Matter of Emmanuel L. West

    Publication Date: 2016-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and William J. Cobb, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y1184

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline, in which he sought a Review Panel repr

  • In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick IV

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel Loeb PC, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S16Y0976

    The Supreme Court suspended an attorney from the practice of law pending final disposition of criminal charges agains