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  • 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.
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    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

  • In re Vogel

    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 K. Gene Chapman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Michael W. Vogel, Atlanta. Boykin E. Jr., Decatur. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S02Y0216

    Attorney disbarred for failing to respond to his client's repeated attempts to contact him and failing to comply with her demands to return her property and refund her ret

  • In re Bowie

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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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. Jeffrey R. Bowie Key, Powell & Bowie, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0374; S01Y0508

    Any attorney who misrepresented to his corporate client that he served a breach of contract complaint on the client's behalf was disbarred for multiple violations of Bar Rule 4-

  • 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