In Re Williams

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline of Respondent Anthony Brett Williams in which he requests the imposition of a six-month suspension with conditions on reinstatement. In his petition, Williams admits that he pled guilty to a single violation of OCGA § 45-11-5 (misdemeanor for a public officer to receive money not due him through the use of his office) and was sentenced under the First Offender Act to one year of probation (which could, under certain circumstances, be terminated earlier). The factual basis for the plea was that, while a State…