In the Matter of Charles Lanford, Jr.

Charles A. Lanford, Jr. was indicted in the Superior Court of Bibb County for five counts of the felony of obtaining drugs by fraudulent means. He pleaded guilty to the indictment, was sentenced, and filed a petition for voluntary discipline in the form of suspension from the practice of law for 12 months, admitting that his conviction constituted a violation of Standard 66 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d).

The State Bar of Georgia has stated that because of the unusual mitigating circumstances in this matter, it has no objection to the discipline requested. Those circumstances, as found by the Special…