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  • In The Matter of Adam Lorenzo Smith.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-05
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta; Bruce H. Morris (Finestone & Morris), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0484

    Attorney Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery Was No Longer Qualified to Practice Law

  • In The Matter Of Richard V. Merritt.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Vinson Merritt (The Merritt Firm, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0387

    Attorney's Failure to Disburse Client Funds to Client and Failure to Provide Accounting Warranted Termination of License to Practice

  • In The Matter Of Cameron Shahab.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cameron Shahab (TSG LLP), Newtown Square, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Tina Shadix Roddenbery (Holland Roddenbery LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y2016

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for multiple violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in relation to his deficient representation and neglect of two unrelated clients in immigration matters.

  • In The Matter Of Christopher Mark Miller.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Mark Miller (Coastal State Prison), Garden City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0264

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law following his convictions for multiple felonies.

  • In The Matter Of Larry Bush Hill.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher A. Townley (Townley & Lindsay, LLC), Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0256

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he pleaded guilty to two felonies.

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  • In The Matter Of Clarence R. Johnson, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Gary Spencer (R. Gary Spencer, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17Y1918

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 6-month suspension based on his violation of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.

  • In The Matter Of Lorne Howard Cragg.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lorne Howard Cragg (Lorne H. Cragg), Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0269

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he misappropriated funds in his trust account for his personal use and provided false and misleading information to the Office of General Counsel during its investigation of the matter.

  • In The Matter Of Robert Jutzi Howell.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Jutzi Howell (Poyner Spruill LLP), Raleigh, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S18Y0142

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law following his guilty pleas to felony and misdemeanor crimes in South Carolina.

  • In The Matter Of Ricky W. Morris, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwayne Charles Singleton (Dwayne Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17Y1329

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on his violation of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with 11 underlying grievances.

  • In Re Dillon

    Publication Date: 2018-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Kirschenbaum (Davis Zipperman Kirschenbaum & Lotito), Atlanta; James Spence (Wilson Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Gammage (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta; Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Dominique Martinez, Kaye Burwell (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Paula Rafferty (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1723

    The evidence was sufficient to support an attorney's conviction for criminal contempt of court after he repeatedly filed several nearly identical petitions for scire facias under the wrong case number, the last of which was filed after the trial court had admonished him not to do so.