In re West

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that Rule 8.4(a)(4) is “among the most serious violations with which a lawyer can be charged”
• rejecting an uncontested petition for voluntary discipline where the admitted facts strongly suggested a violation of Rule 8.4 but the petitioner declined to admit such a violation and the Bar failed to address the matter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re West
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-28· cited 13×
• In re Polk
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 4×
• in the Matter of Edward Neal Davis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 4×
• In the Matter of Daniel Kirkland McCall
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-30· cited 4×
• In re Davis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 3×
• in the Matter of Ricardo L. Polk
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 3×
• In the Matter of Stephanie Dianne Woodard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-28· cited 1×
• In the Matter of Clifford E. Hardwick, IV
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-19
• In the Matter of Mylee McKinney
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In re Woodham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 16×
• In re Swain
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-05· cited 13×
• In re Davis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-29· cited 11×
• In re West
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-03· cited 10×
• In the Matter of Mathis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 8×
• In re Woodham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 5×
• In re Bell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-02· cited 4×