Legal Opinion
In Re Blitch
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 28, 2011No. S11Y0275PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report and recommendation of a special master, James C. Whelchel, appointed pursuant to Bar Rule 4-106 (e). The special master recommends suspending Respondent Brooks E. Blitch III (State Bar No. 063400) for three years for his violation of Rule 8.4 (a) (2) of Bar Rule 4-102 (d). Disbarment is generally appropriate where an attorney has been convicted of a felony involving fraud, and we find disbarment appropriate in this case given the circumstances.
On December 1, 2009, Blitch who has been a member of the Bar since 1961 and who served as a…
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