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  • In re Burton

    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 Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta. Barbara B. Bishop Bishop Law Office, Lawrenceville. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y1442; S01Y1443; S01Y1444

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney for multiple violations of Bar Rule 4-102 d, including the attorney's actions in depositing her client's check into her own personal account and representing

  • In re Powell

    Publication Date: 2001-06-22
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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. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0808

    Attorney who voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in West Virginia as part of negotiated guilty plea to eight misdemeanor counts of prostitution was disb

  • In re Bagley

    Publication Date: 2001-06-15
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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. Charles E. Bagley Jr., Douglas.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0466

    Attorney disbarred for failing to file a brief or enumerations of error in his client's appeal of an action to terminate her parental rights, failing to inform his client that her appeal was dismis

  • In re Wood

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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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. M. Kirby Wood, Cordele. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0713

    Attorney who blamed an associate after falsely representing that he had refiled a client's personal injury case was disb

  • In re Swift

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittleman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. David A. Swift, Decatur. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0420; S01Y0421; S01Y0422

    Attorney who wrote multiple checks on his attorney trust account to himself and his wife was disbarred for multiple violations of Bar Rule 4-

  • In re Wood

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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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. M. Kirby Wood, Cordele. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0713

    Attorney who blamed an associate after falsely representing that he had refiled a client's personal injury case was disb

  • In re Wilkinson

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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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. Robert A. Wilkinson, Chamblee. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0727

    Attorney who received fees from misrepresenting the filing of his client's immigration applications and commingling their fees with his personal funds was disbarred for violating Standards 4, 44 and

  • In re Burton

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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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. Dawn D. Ballard Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis, Atlanta. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon. David Dunaway Adams, Barfield, Dunaway & Hankinson,Thomaston.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00Y1568

    Attorney who admittedly abandoned his criminal client's case is suspended for 36 months with conditions on reinstat

  • In re Zoota

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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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. Herbert A. Zoota, Duluth. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon. Barry P. Bettis Boling, Rice, Bettis, Bagley & Martin, Cumming.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0187

    Attorney disbarred for failing to take any action on his client's slip and fall case after she rejected an initial settlement

  • State v. Colack a/k/a Culack

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor General, Emilien O. Loiselle Jr. and Jeffrey P. Kwiatkowski, Assistant Solicitors, for appellant.
    for defendant: David S. Lipscomb, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1898

    Grant of habeas relief to resident alien affirmed without op