Last month, the State Bar moved forward with complaint investigations on Brad Carver and Daryl Moody, two attorneys who served as “fake electors” for Trump in a move currently under criminal investigation by a Fulton County special grand jury.Īll three of those attorneys remain listed in the State Bar directory as active members in good standing with no records of public discipline. Lin Wood, a prominent libel attorney who promoted various election conspiracy theories, last year lost the first round of a legal challenge to the State Bar seeking a psychiatric evaluation of him regarding his suitability to practice law. The State Bar recently has been involved in high-profile investigations of attorneys involved in former President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. For now, the State Bar advises people interested in disciplinary information to go the old-school route of calling its Office of the General Counsel at 40. The Supreme Court of Georgia makes decisions on the public discipline of attorneys and publishes them among its other opinions, but those documents are not easily searchable by non-attorneys. She said that information “will be restored,” without giving a timeline. And it’s the only function not yet restored, according to Mason. The restored version of the attorney directory still lists key information about a lawyer: whether they are active and in good standing, meaning they can practice law, or are inactive or have received the ultimate sanction of disbarment.īut still missing as a result of the hack are lesser disciplinary records that could be important for clients to know. The website took weeks to return from the hack. “No details on any criminal aspect of the matter have been shared with us,” said State Bar spokesperson Jennifer Mason this week. It remains unclear who hacked the system and why. The State Bar has said it appears no “confidential, sensitive” information was compromised. On May 2, the State Bar announced that the website, as well as email and other internal networking, had gone down due to a hack.
A handy feature of the website for the general public is a directory of attorneys that previously included information about any sanctions against them. It is authorized by the Supreme Court of Georgia to conduct ethics investigations and sanctions, among other powers. The Atlanta-based State Bar is a quasi-governmental organization that supervises attorneys licensed to practice in Georgia. More than three months after a devastating hack, the State Bar of Georgia’s website still lacks one of its most useful features: details of attorneys’ misconduct sanctions. On to other news from the week: State Bar website still lacks attorney discipline info months after hack Click here for more information about the upcoming lantern parade. Anyone is welcome to walk the parade with a paper owl lantern - following the black and white theme - or just enjoy the show. Looking for something a little different to do this weekend? Check out Midtown’s Parliament of Owls Lantern Parade this Saturday, August 6.