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  • In re Friedberg; In re Stein, In re Goldstein

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. Bruce H. Morris, Atlanta. Frank J. Beltran, Atlanta. Douglas V. Chandler, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0714; S01Y0716; S01Y0717

    Attorneys from the same law firm were disbarred based on their federal guilty pleas to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and False Statement on their 1997 Tax R

  • In re Kendall

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. Alvin L. Kendall, Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Charles T. Ballard, Fayetteville.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1623

    An attorney who was convicted in federal court of conspiracy to give notice of impending search and seizure warrants and of conspiracy to distribute cocaine was disb

  • In re Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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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. William L. Vaughn, Macon. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Richard G. Milan, District Attorney, Jackson.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1786

    An attorney voluntarily surrendered his license based on his admitted violation of Rules 1.3 and 8.4 a4 of Bar Rule 4-

  • In re Queen

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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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. James E. Spence Jr., Atlanta. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. David J. Turner Jr., Manchester.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S04Y0140

    An attorney who took title to his criminal client's property to help her avoid a tax foreclosure and ultimately dispossessed her for failing to perform under a lease was suspended for 30 m

  • In re Coumaris

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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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. George T. Coumaris, Talladega, Ala. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. James R. Whitfield, Marietta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1200

    An attorney who was convicted of conspiracy to commit crimes against the United States, 18 USC § 371, was disb

  • In re Perry

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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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. R. Chris Phelps, Elberton. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah. Albert O. English English, Tunkle & Smith, Clayton.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y1750

    An attorney who admittedly commingled his client's fiduciary funds with his own funds was suspended for six m

  • In re Meyer

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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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 Markowitz, Savannah. Sarah B. Akins, Chairperson Review Panel, Savannah.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03Y0187; S03Y0188; S03Y0189; S03Y0280

    An attorney who failed to inform the State Bar of his out-of-state felony convictions was disb

  • 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