In Re Cruse

These disciplinary matters are before the Court pursuant to the Report and Recommendation of the special master, Paul H. Threlkeld, who recommends that Respondent Samuel Warren Cruse (State Bar No. 000960) be disbarred. We agree.

Disciplinary action against Cruse was initially pursued as reciprocal discipline based on Cruse having been barred from the practice of law in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, but this Court dismissed that effort based on its holding in In the Matter of Stubbs, 285 Ga. 702 (681 SE2d 113) (2009) that reciprocal discipline applied…