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  • In the Matter of David Carleton Head.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Carleton Head, Waco, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0635

    State Bar's Notice of Discipline Failed to Describe Several Instances of Prior Discipline Cited as Aggravating Factors

  • In the Matter of Robert Mallory Crawford.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III,, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0631

    Three-Year Suspension Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Wrongfully Obtained Client Funds From Court Registry

  • In the Matter of Susan Janette Lopez.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Janette Lopez, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y1047

    Court accepts attorney's petition for surrender of her law license after she pled guilty to a felony charge of aggravated stalking

  • In the Matter of Ramon David Sammons Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ramon David Sammons, Jr., Atlanta, for appellee; Charles David Jones, (Charles D. Jones Attorney at Law LLC), Griffin, Joshua Clark Bell, (Joshua C. Bell, LLC), Whigham, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0743

    Attorney Was Not in Default When Special Master Issued Default Order

  • In the Matter of Andrew Matteson.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-08
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Lang, (The Lang Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0585

    Attorney Provided Adequate Assurance He Would Not Commit Future Rules Violations After Completion of Proposed Suspension

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  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Christian Coomer.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-07
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield), Atlanta, Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, Anna Green Cross, (Cross Kincaid LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Mark Daniel Lefkow, (Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, Johannes S. Kingma, (Stites & Harbison, PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S21Z0595

    Judge's Numerous Bad Faith Violations of Code of Judicial Conduct Warranted Removal From Office

  • In the Matter of Keith Chance Hardy.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Chance Hardy, Columbus, for appellee; Delia T. Crouch, (Law Office of Delia T. Crouch), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0869

    Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Abandoned Clients, Converted Client Property, and Demonstrated Lack of Competence

  • In the Matter of Richard H. Middleton, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Middleton, Jr. (Middleton LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0922

    Voluntary Surrender of License Appropriate Discipline Following Misuse of Client Funds in Single-Client Matter

  • In the Matter of Ian Zimmerman.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian Zimmerman, (Zimmerman Law Firm), Valdosta, for appellee; Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0492

    Court orders disbarment of attorney who had violated numerous rules of professional conduct

  • In the Matter of David Roberson.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Laverne Copeland, (Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Allen Earles, Rebecca S. Mick, (Georgia Office of Bar Admissions), Atlanta, Jennifer Colangelo, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Z0402

    Court affirms disbarred attorney's petition for readmission, finding that the attorney had not been rehabilitated and was not fit to practice