Per Curiam. The State Bar of Georgia filed a notice of discipline, seeking the disbarment of attorney Christopher John Thompson (State Bar No. 707559). Thompson has failed to respond,[1] and he is now in default. By virtue of his default, he is deemed to have admitted the facts alleged in the notice of discipline, and he has waived his right to insist upon an evidentiary hearing and is subject to the discipline that this Court determines is appropriate. See Bar Rule 4-208.1 (b). We conclude that Thompson should be disbarred. In the notice of discipline, the State Bar alleges that Thompson was retained in 2014 to file a personal injury lawsuit on behalf of a client who had been injured in an automobile accident. Thompson filed the lawsuit in April 2014, but he thereafter abandoned his client. Indeed, other than a certificate acknowledging service of discovery that he filed in October 2014, Thompson filed nothing else in the lawsuit. The trial court eventually dismissed the lawsuit, and the client filed a grievance against Thompson in 2018. The State Bar asserts that Thompson by this course of conduct violated Rules 1.2 (a), 1.3, 1.4, 1.16, and 8.4 (a) (4) of the Rules of Professional Conduct. We agree that the facts alleged in the notice of discipline show violations of Rules 1.2 (a), 1.3, 1.4, and 1.16 (d).[2] Violations of Rules 1.2 (a) and 1.3 are sanctionable by disbarment.[3] In prior cases comparable to this one, this Court has concluded that disbarment was an appropriate sanction for the abandonment of clients, especially when coupled with a failure to respond to disciplinary authorities.[4] See, e.g., In the Matter of Annis, Case No. S19Y0792, 2019 WL 2414680 (June 10, 2019) (disbarring attorney who abandoned two clients and failed to respond to disciplinary authorities or to reject Notice of Discipline); In the Matter of Graham, Case No. S19Y0706, 2019 WL 2332041 (June 3, 2019) (disbarring attorney who abandoned single client and failed to respond to disciplinary authorities or to reject Notice of Discipline); In the Matter of Larson, 305 Ga. 522 (826 SE2d 99) (2019) (disbarring attorney who abandoned four clients and failed to respond to disciplinary authorities or to reject Notice of Discipline); In the Matter of Brown, 294 Ga. 722 (755 SE2d 742) (2014) (same). We also note the absence of any compelling mitigating circumstances in this case. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that disbarment is the appropriate sanction in this matter. Accordingly, it is ordered that the name of Christopher J. Thompson be removed from the rolls of persons authorized to practice law in the State of Georgia. Thompson is reminded of his duties pursuant to Bar Rule 4-219 (b). All the Justices concur.
