In re Kitchings

Respondent Joseph Kitchings filed a petition for voluntary discipline, requesting this Court to suspend him from the practice of law in Georgia for a period of 12 months for violating Standard 66 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d) (conviction of a felony). Kitchings had pled guilty to the felony offense of purchasing cocaine, a violation of OCGA § 16-13-2, and was sentenced to five years probation and a fine of $2,000.

In his petition for voluntary discipline, Kitchings stated that he became involved in crack cocaine after being severely injured in a car accident which necessitated the use of various…