Georgia House Speaker David Ralston has formally denied charges that he abandoned a client in a 2008 personal injury case and misappropriated client funds.
“Speaker Ralston has practiced law in North Georgia for over 34 years and during that time has developed a thriving law practice where most of his clients are friends and neighbors. This is the first time in those 34 years of practicing law that the State Bar [of Georgia] has filed a formal bar complaint against him,” Ralston’s attorney Robert Ingram said Wednesday in a written statement. “Mr. Ralston has acknowledged unintentional mistakes to the State Bar and has cooperated with its investigation.”
