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Publication Date: 2018-02-26
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lorne Howard Cragg (Lorne H. Cragg), Clarkesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S18Y0269
The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law after he misappropriated funds in his trust account for his personal use and provided false and misleading information to the Office of General Counsel during its investigation of the matter.
Publication Date: 2018-02-26
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Jutzi Howell (Poyner Spruill LLP), Raleigh, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: S18Y0142
The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of his license to practice law following his guilty pleas to felony and misdemeanor crimes in South Carolina.
Publication Date: 2018-02-26
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Dwayne Charles Singleton (Dwayne Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
Case Number: S17Y1329
The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on his violation of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with 11 underlying grievances.
Publication Date: 2018-01-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Kirschenbaum (Davis Zipperman Kirschenbaum & Lotito), Atlanta; James Spence (Wilson Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Keith Gammage (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta; Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Dominique Martinez, Kaye Burwell (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Paula Rafferty (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1723
The evidence was sufficient to support an attorney's conviction for criminal contempt of court after he repeatedly filed several nearly identical petitions for scire facias under the wrong case number, the last of which was filed after the trial court had admonished him not to do so.
Publication Date: 2017-12-27
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Winslow Hewett, Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, W. Matthew Wilson (Akin & Tate PC), Cartersville, for appellee.
Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta; David Anthony LaMalva, (LaMalva Geoffroy & Oeland PC), Conyers; Anthony B. Askew, Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: S17Y1593
The Supreme Court suspended an attorney from the practice of law for two years for his violations of various Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with improper billing to his law firm's corporate client.
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Publication Date: 2017-12-21
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Raymond Hinds (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellant.
for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S17Y1823
The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary surrender of her license to practice law arising out of her multiple failures to promptly give clients an accounting of settlement proceeds, disburse settlement funds, and/or pay medical bills in her clients cases.
Publication Date: 2017-12-20
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, III, John Joseph Shiptenko (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
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Case Number: S17U0553
The Supreme Court approved Formal Advisory Opinion No. 16-2, which addresses whether an attorney who has been appointed to serve both as legal counsel and as guardian ad litem for a child in a termination of parental rights case can advocate termination over the child's objection.
Publication Date: 2017-12-19
Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Nolen Arthur Hamer (Hamer Law Firm), Cumming, for appellee.
Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta; Jessica Oglesby, Atlanta; Thomas L. Holder (Long & Holder), Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: S17Y1988
The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney after previously rejecting his petition for voluntary discipline, in which he sought a Review Panel reprimand for his admitted violations of several of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct.
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