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  • In re Armwood

    Publication Date: 2004-07-23
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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 Ga., Atlanta. Rita T. Williams Tucker & Assocs., Decatur. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Kim E. Anderson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1097

    An attorney who accepted $1,500 to represent a client on misdemeanor charges, but failed to file an appearance and did not respond to the client's repeated requests for information was suspended for

  • In re Capps

    Publication Date: 2004-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Kellyn O. McGee, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Kenneth W. Krontz, Douglasville. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1586

    An attorney who violated multiple rules of professional conduct with regard to real estate transactions voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Ge

  • In re Summers

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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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. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1284

    An attorney who held his client's settlement funds for more than four years without maintaining sufficient funds in his escrow account was suspended for six m

  • In re Redd

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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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. Stephen E. Redd, Alpharetta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. David J. Turner Jr., Manchester.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1521

    An attorney who wrote multiple NSF checks on his attorney escrow account was disb

  • In re DeDamm

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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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. Rolf DeDamm, Bellevue. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0776

    An attorney who resigned from another state's bar in lieu of disbarment was disbarred in Ge

  • In re Callan

    Publication Date: 2004-06-04
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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. Scott Callan, Rome. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y1439

    An attorney who pled guilty to misdemeanors and entered an Alford plea to sexual battery voluntarily surrendered his li

  • In re Stadler

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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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 Ga., Atlanta. Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta. William T. Cable Jr. Vinson, Talley, Richardson & Cable, Dallas.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0725

    An attorney was suspended for three months based on her admitted conduct of falsely claiming a client was ind

  • In re Armwood

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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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 Ga., Atlanta. Rita T. Williams Williams & Assocs., Decatur. James B. Ellington, Chairman Review Panel, Augusta. Kim E. Anderson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0839

    An attorney was suspended for one year based on his admitted failure to take substantial action to further his client's interest after accepting a $750 ret

  • In re Payne

    Publication Date: 2004-01-30
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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. Akil K. Secret Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. George G. Dean II, Buford.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0370

    An attorney who settled a minor child's personal injury claim without court approval and who used the settlement funds for her personal use voluntarily surrendered her law li

  • In re Viti

    Publication Date: 2004-01-30
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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. Richard A. Viti, Woodstock. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. E. Victoria Sweeney, Lawrenceville.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0296

    An attorney who was convicted of tax evasion voluntarily surrendered his law li