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  • In re Cowan Jr.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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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. Thomas E. Cowan Jr., Elizabethton, Tenn. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1549

    An attorney was suspended for one month, retroactive to December 15, 2002, based on his admitted violation of Rule 9.4 a of Bar Rule 4-

  • In re Perry

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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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. Raymond J. Peery, York, Neb. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. R. Alex Crumbley Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1496

    An attorney who was convicted in federal court for money laundering and theft was disb

  • In re Gormley

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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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. James J. Gormley III, Manchester, Ky. Eugene M. Benton Benton, Preston & Malcolm PC, Monroe. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1254

    Attorney disbarred after judgment of conviction for felony in West Virginia district court affirmed on a

  • Parker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Maura F. Krause, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0163

    The trial court did not err in conditioning the admissibility of defendant's self-serving post-arrest statement on his election to testify on his own b

  • In re Drumheller

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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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. Woodson T. Drumheller, Richmond. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0383

    An attorney who surrendered his out-of-state bar license in the face of disciplinary charges was disb

  • In re Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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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. Laura R. Pardo, Cartersville. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0899

    An attorney who commingled client funds with his personal funds was suspended for 12 m

  • In re Burton

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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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. Thomas L. Burton, Brunswick. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta. Michael D. DeVane, Waycross.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0772

    An attorney was disbarred after he failed to appear at his criminal client's calendar calls and failed to notify the trial court in the client's case that his license was susp

  • In re Snead

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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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. B. Renee Edwards Snead Snead & Assocs., Macon. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0268

    An attorney was disbarred for converting fiduciary funds from a real estate closing, rather than paying off the seller's first mor

  • Cox v. Barber

    Publication Date: 2002-08-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nickolas P. Chilivis, John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, Charles S. Baker and Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1818

    The 1-year residency requirement for Georgia Public Service Commission candidates is constitut

  • In re Drucker

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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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. George L. Kimel, Norcross. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S02Y0192

    Attorney suspended for six months based on his admitted failure to inform his client that he collected funds on the client's behalf, his conversion of the funds to his own use and his failure to res