• In re Baska

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emilien O. Loiselle Jr., Dacula, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Rebecca S. Mick, Ann S. Brumbaugh, Assistant Attorneys General, and Sarah E. Lockwood Office of Bar Admissions, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S07Z0422

    The record supported the decision of the Board to Determine Fitness for Bar Applications that the applicant lacked candor when he stated that he never tried to hide following the revocation of his

  • In re Gbaja

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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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. Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S06Y0829

    An attorney, who admittedly withdrew his client's settlement funds for his own use, closed his practice and left the country was suspended for 36 m

  • In re Moody

    Publication Date: 2007-02-16
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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. Renate D. Moody, Macon. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S07Y0592

    An attorney, who failed to properly pursue her clients' post-conviction cases and admittedly appeared in court intoxicated, was suspended for six m

  • In re Maddux

    Publication Date: 2007-02-16
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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. H. Owen Maddux Buhrman, Maddux & Buhrman, Chattanooga, Tenn. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S06Y1058

    An attorney, who was suspended in another state for converting partnership funds during a partnership dispute, was suspended for 30 days in Ge

  • In re Hipe

    Publication Date: 2007-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. Lipscomb, Lawrenceville. William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S07Y0180

    An attorney, who pled guilty to violating 18 USC § 1341, voluntarily surrendered his li

  • In re Williams

    Publication Date: 2007-02-02
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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. Paul C. Williams, Roswell. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Timothy C. Cramer Cramer & Peavy, Griffin.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S07Y0368

    An attorney, who converted his client's fiduciary funds to his own use, was disb

  • In re Quay

    Publication Date: 2007-02-02
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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 S. Quay, Atlanta. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S06Y1432

    An attorney, who pled guilty to filing a false tax return, was disb

  • In re Halcomb

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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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. John A. Nuckolls, Atlanta. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S07Y0110

    An attorney, who pled guilty in federal court to felony charges involving real estate fraud, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • In re Calugar

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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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. Steven S. Scholes and Joseph G. Fisher McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Ill. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S07Y0104

    An attorney, who pled guilty to a felony offense under New York law, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • In re Pronk

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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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. Mark R. Pronk, Acworth. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S07Y0147

    An attorney, who pled guilty to aggravated assault, voluntarily surrendered his law li