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245 Ga. 199

In re Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 6, 1980

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1980-02-06

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently October 1982

2 state decisions

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Decided 1980-02-06

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Per curiam.

¶1This is a disciplinary proceeding against Theodore Edward Smith. The special master concluded that Smith, an attorney practicing in Fulton County, without just cause and to the detriment of a client, in violation of Standard 44, wilfully abandoned or disregarded a legal matter entrusted to him, to wit: the filing of a complaint on behalf of the client. The special master recommended that Smith be suspended for 6 months.

¶2The State Disciplinary Board had before it Smith’s "prior record,” to wit: One 30-day suspension and two public reprimands. The State Disciplinary Board recommends disbarment. Smith has filed no response here.

¶3After reviewing the record, we find the board’s recommendation to be authorized by the evidence and we therefore order that Theodore Edward Smith be disbarred from the practice of law in this state.

¶4Disbarred.

All the Justices concur, except Clarke, J., *200not participating.Decided February 6, 1980Rehearing denied March 5, 1980.Sherman S. Barge, for Smith.Omer W. Franklin, Jr., General Counsel State Bar, Victor Alexander, Jr., Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.
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