In re Jones

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying six months of a twelve-month suspension retroactively to the date respondent stopped practicing
• imposing a one-year suspension for using escrow account funds to pay a promissory note for a friend where the attorney cooperated fully, made restitution, had no disciplinary history, and was simply trying to help a friend
• accepting petition for 12-month suspension where attorney used trust account funds to pay a promissory note for a friend, but cooperated in disciplinary matter, had no prior disciplinary history, and the motivation was not dishonest
• 12-month suspension for violation that could have resulted in disbarment, where attorney had no prior disciplinary history, had made restitution, was cooperative and remorseful, and had used practice for good of community

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Matter of Onipede
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 31×
• In the Matter of Edward Shuff Cook
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-05· cited 31×
• In re Lang
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-06· cited 15×
• In Re Smith Fitch
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-05-31· cited 12×
• In Re Carragher
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 8×
• In re Rose
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-09-12· cited 8×
• In re Eddings
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-12-15· cited 5×
• In re Kunda
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 5×
• In the Matter of Preston B. Kunda
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 1×
• in the Matter of C. Michael Rose
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-09-12
• In the Matter of Thomas William Veach
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12